QUIZ: Stalin

There will be a quiz over Stalin, Tuesday 10/2. You will answer TWO of the following prompts at random and a series of document analysis questions.

• Identify and explain the conditions (The Russian Revolution) 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 collectivization 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
• Describe the involvement of the USSR in WWII.

Stalin: Purges, Vocab, and WWII

Agenda 9/19-24:

1. Students researched from the Pearson text and presented 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."
4. 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
5. Students worked on defining vocab terms for the unit on Stalin.
6. I gave a brief lecture about the involvement of the USSR in WWII (this can be found in Pearson 4.4). Here are my lecture notes.
7. Students watched parts of Declassified: Stalin [below].
8. Students read a speech given by Nikita Khrushchev condemning Stalin. Students then analyzed the document using an OPCVL protocol.

DUE:
Pearson reading questions 4.3,4.4
Stalin Vocab Quiz - Wednesday 9/26
Stalin Quiz - Tuesday 10/2

The Great Terror:

Stalin and WWII:

Declassified: Stalin

The Five Years Plan and Famine in Ukraine

Agenda 9/12:

1. Students analyzed several documents about collectivization, read this article about the famine, 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.  

DUE:

5 Year Plan Document Analysis

Pearson 4.1 - 4.2

5 Year Plans and Famine:

Domestic Policies:

Intro to Stalin

Agenda 9/6:

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.
3. Students began reading from the Pearson text. Here are the reading questions for Chapter 4.1

HOMEWORK:

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

Russian Revolution and Stalin: