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Eastern Bloc

Eastern Bloc. Former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania Yugoslavia was part of the Eastern Bloc before 1948 Refers to regimes aligned with the former soviet union

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Eastern Bloc

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  1. Eastern Bloc • Former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe • Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania • Yugoslavia was part of the Eastern Bloc before 1948 • Refers to regimes aligned with the former soviet union • Authoritarian communist governments

  2. What is Communism? • This is the symbol of Communism – The Hammer and the Sickle Hammer for the Workers Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers

  3. Excerpt of the Prace Communist newspapaer • In connection with the required change of diet, it is necessary that shops provide enough good-quality food, and that they offer the correct food from the standpoint of healthy nutrition. • What is interesting about this statement? What question would you like to ask the author? "Prace, Health," Making the History of 1989, Item #280, http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/280

  4. Communism • What is daily life like in a communist country? • What is an average day like for you and your parents? • How do you go about obtaining goods?

  5. Daily life during the Cold War • searching and waiting for basic material goods like food • Students were trained in communist way of life at school and at home • only the wealthy could afford radios, televisions, and cars • Crowded urban living

  6. What is Communism? Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1847. This is Karl Marx, the ‘Father of Communism’. People who believe in his ideas are called ‘Marxists’ This is his good friend, Frederick Engels.

  7. Closure • What was the most interesting thing that you learned in today’s lesson?

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