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