Russia: Revolution and Dictatorship
Wed 21 Russia? Power points and notes get Russian Rev Reading
Thurs 22 groups- drama skits
Fri 23 Present skits
Mon, 26 power points and notes, Russian Revolutions
Tue, 27 Historiography on Revolutions
Wed, 28 Quiz on Reading discuss
Thurs, 29 Stalin takes command, video
Fri, 30 debate
Mon. Oct 3 Stalin’s economic policies, Ukrainian famine
Tue,4 Stalin worksheets
Wed,5 Quiz on DARK VALLEY, CH 19, discuss, prep for Essay test
Thur,6 In-class Reading, Court of the Red Tsar
Fri,7 group prep for essay test,
Mon, 10 Essay Test- introductory paragraphs Possible Essays:
1. Compare and Contrast The February and October Revolutions
2. Why did Russia's provisional government fail in 1917?
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "The majority of Russian people gained more from the October Revolution than they lost."
4. Analyze the methods used and the conditions which helped Stalin in his rise to power.
5. Examine the status of women in the USSR under Stalin.
6. The aims and policies of a single-party ruler rarely followed their declared ideology." To what extent to you agree with this assertion when analyzing Stalin's rule?
7. Evaluate the successes and failures of Stalin as the leader of the USSR.
8. To what extent was Stalin's rule dependent on the secret police?
9. How successful was Stalin's industrialization of the Soviet Union?
Tue, 11 Movie- Animal Farm
Wed, 12 finish movie