QUIZ: Stalin

There will be a quiz over Stalin  Monday 10/2. You will answer TWO of the following prompts at random.

• Identify and explain the conditions that led to the establishment of a single party state in Russia prior to 1925.
• How and why was Stalin able to defeat his main opponents and succeed in the power struggle by 1929?
• What were the main features of collectivisation and the Five-Year Plans? What were the effects?
• How did Stalin consolidate his power in the late 1930s?
• Explain Stalin’s domestic policies regarding two social groups. Women, Religion, Arts and Culture, or Education
• How did Stalin use propaganda to control the Soviet Union?
• Describe the involvement of the USSR in WWII.

Great Terror, WWII, and Foreign Policies Under Stalin

Agenda 9/22-25:

1. I reviewed the Great Terror and explanations for the Purges including: 
• Necessary to deal with anti-Bolshevik threat
• Done to divert attention from failings of economic plans (later 5 years plans)
• Done to root out opposition to his power
• Pacify the population
2. Students listened to a podcast about Stalin and took notes using this worksheet.
3. Students watched parts of Declassified: Stalin [below].
4. I gave a brief lecture about the involvement of the USSR in WWII (this can be found in Pearson 4.4).
5. Students read a speech given by Nikita Khrushchev condemning Stalin. Students then analyzed the document using an OPCVL protocol.

DUE:

Great Terror: Show Your Knowledge - Now
Pearson reading questions 4.3,4.4
Quiz - Monday 10/2

Declassified: Stalin

Podcast:

The Great Purge, Red Terror, Show Trials

Agenda 9/20:

1. Students finished presenting about different domestic policies under Stalin. They used Pearson chapter 4.2 for this.
2. Students participated in a simulation about secret police and fear.
3. Students completed a reading and discussion about the Great Terror and discussed the question, "Stalin orchestrated the purges to make the USSR stronger."

The Great Terror:

The First 5 Year Plan and Ukrainian Famine

Agenda 9/18:

1. Students reviewed the documents about collectivization and discussed the resolution, "Stalin deliberately starved to death millions of Ukrainians".
2. Students watched a clip of video, Stalin: Man of Steel explaining the effects of collectivization [watch from 8:35 to 22:00].
3. Students began reading from Pearson about major domestic policies under Stalin: 5 year plans, women, religion, art and culture, and education and social mobility. In groups they made posters to present their findings.  

Stalin's Rise to Power

Agenda 9/12:

1. Students drew diagrams of the structure of the Soviet Government and Politburo in the 1920s. I explained how Stalin used his position as the General Secretary of the Communist Party to influence leadership of the country. This was a review of 4.1 in the Pearson text.
2. Students analyzed a series of documents about collectivization under Stalin and its effects on the Ukrainian population.

Agenda 9/8-12:

1. Students read a series of quotes attributed to Stalin.
2. Russian Revolution presentation [below]. Here are my notes from the lecture.
3. Students participated in a mixer, learning about people affected by Stalin and his actions as leader of the Soviet Union.

DUE: Read Chapter 4.1, 4,2 in Pearson. Here are the reading questions you may turn in for points.

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Intro to Stalin

Agenda 9/8:

1. Students read a series of quotes about and by Joseph Stalin. 
2. I began to give a lecture about the Russian Revolution and Stalin's rise to power [below]. Here are my notes.

HOMEWORK:

Make sure to get the Pearson text and bring to next class

 

Russian Revolution and Stalin:

Welcome to IB 20th Century History

Welcome to the class blog for IB 20th Century World History. Make sure to bookmark this page as it will be a helpful resource for your throughout the year.

First Week Agenda:

1. Machiavelli and Leadership Traits
2. Political Spectrum Test
3. Intro to Fascism vs. Communism
4. Course Syllabus