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Lesson One: Overview Origins of Liberalism

1. Introduction

The Origins of Classical Liberalism


Issue Question: Is resistance to liberalism justified? 
Key Vocabulary
The following is a list of new terms you will encounter in this unit. Use your textbook and internet tools to help you define the terms.

    • capital

    • capitalist

    • citizenship

    • class system

    • classical liberalism

    • demand

    • democratic socialism

    • distribution of wealth

    • domestic system

    • economic system

    • economics

    • economy entrepreneur

      • factory system

      • goods

      • Industrial Revolution

      • industrialization

      • labour

      • labour union

      • laissez-faire

      • land

      • market

      • means of production

      • mercantilism

    • modern liberalism

    • monopoly

    • needs

    • political culture

    • political institutions

    • political system

    • reformist

    • scarcity

    • socialist

    • supply

    • utopian socialism

    • wants

    • welfare state



Duration: 1 block (80 minutes + homework)

In this lesson, you will

  • appreciate Aboriginal contributions to the development of ideologies

  • appreciate the impact on citizens and citizenship of the promotion of ideological principles

  • appreciate the adherence of individuals and groups to various ideologies

  • explore Aboriginal contributions to the development of liberalism

  • explore the relationship between the values of liberalism and origins of liberalism


 


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