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