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A. Rise to Power1. Worksheet - Divisions in the party before 1924 4. Interactive Collapsible notesThe Rise of Stalin: ideal as a revision / consolidation activity |
Interactive Interview with Josef Stalin |
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| Soviet Economy Simulator Students design their own "5-Year Plans" designed to prepare the USSR for war with the West. They can then compare the results with what actually happened in Stalin's USSR. Complete with worksheets, this is a fantastic way of introducing students to the concepts and events of the period. |
1. What were Stalin's Economic Objectives? [student worksheet] [teacher copy] [PowerPoint Presentation]
2. Collectivisation: Theory and Practice [student worksheet ] [teacher copy] [PowerPoint Presentation] [Interactive Running Dictation Exercise]
3. The Ukrainian Famine: Sources and Questions [student worksheet] [PowerPoint Show]
4. The Ukrainian Famine: Individual Research Task [student worksheet]
5. Collectivisation: How successful was it? [student worksheet] [teacher copy]
6. Collectivisation: Sourcework Test [student worksheet]
7. Agricultural Policies: A comparison of the Tsarist and Stalinist periods [student worksheet] [teacher copy]
1. Introduction and Overview [student worksheet] [teacher copy] [PowerPoint Presentation]
2. Debate on the causes, course and consequence of the 5-Year Plans [student worksheet]
3. Assessment of the 5-Year Plans [student worksheet] [teacher notes]
4. Industrial Policies: A comparison of the Tsarist and Stalinist periods [student worksheet] [teacher copy]
5. Factual Test: Stalin's Policies for Industry [student worksheet and teacher answers]. Could be used along with, or instead of, this Keyword Challenge (rules of this game can be found here).
1. Were Agricultural or Industrial Policies more successful? - [student worksheet / lesson plan]
2. Manic Miner Game - Economic Modernisation in the USSR under Stalin
3. Wordshoot Quiz - Economic Modernisation in the USSR under Stalin
4. "CannonBall Fun" Quiz: Economic Modernisation in the USSR under Stalin
1. Introduction to the Terror - including an investigation of the key characters
2. Causes of the Terror - economic, political, diplomatic
3. Who Killed Kirov? - a sourcework investigation leading to a debate
4. Key Events, 1936-38 - political, economic and military victims
5. The Trials of Kamenev, Zinoviev and Bukharin - transcripts and discussion points
6. Effects of the Purges - on all levels of society
7. End of the Purges - including the assassination of Leon Trotsky
8. Conclusion Grid - to consolidate understanding
9. Manic Miner Game: The Purges in the USSR under Stalin
10. Wordshoot Quiz: The Purges in the USSR under Stalin
11. "CannonBall Fun" Quiz: The Purges in the USSR under Stalin
1. The 1936 Constitution
Students consider the difference between the theory and the practice of the Stalinist Constitution of 1936.
2. The Stalin Cult
Students consider how Stalin used and abused cinema, art and music to develop his "Cult of Personality". They then produce their own flyleaf for a novel, a film poster or a poem in praise of the great Stalin. Here are some examples produced by students at the International School of Toulouse:
The Redfather / The Stalinator (film posters by June) | Stalin is God (film trailer by Chris)
4. Conclusion
5. Sourcework Exercise
Based on the format of the IB History Examination, but easily adapted for other syllabi.
Stalin's Foreign Policy, 1917-39
Students use a detailed timeline to produce a biased interpretation of Stalin's foreign policy from a communist and a capitalist perspective.
The Great Patriotic War
Designed to help students identify some of the most important events of the period. Instructions included.
Why did the USSR win the Great Patriotic War?
Designed to follow on from the interactive exercise above. Students drag and drop factors to make connections and write up their findings.
1. Stalin's USSR: 1945-53 - Society, Culture and Zhdanov
1. Stalin's USSR: 1945-53 - Society, Culture and Zhdanov -Designed to be used with the collapsible notes above.
2. Stalin's USSR: 1945-53 - Industrial and Agricultural recovery?
3. Manic Miner Games
a. "High Stalinism": Politics and Culture 1945-53
b. USSR, 1953-1980
4. Wordshoot Quizzes:
a. "High Stalinism": Politics and Culture 1945-53
b. USSR, 1953-1980
5. "CannonBall Fun" Quizzes:
a. "High Stalinism": Politics and Culture 1945-53
b. USSR, 1953-1980
1. Stalin's Legacy: Did he corrupt or fulfil Lenin's vision?
2. Stalin's Legacy: What was his long term impact on the USSR and beyond?
3. Recent Books on Stalin's USSR
A worksheet which provides an overview of the most recent books by Montefiore, Applebaum, Figes and others and sets a series of questions about the most popular themes that seem to be arising.
Splat the Stalinist!
Designed to help students learn about the significance of key characters of the Stalinist period in a fun way!

Stalin: At the Court of the Red Tsar
Russia In Revolt [1924] - Outstanding Box Set of contemporary
films!
Man With A Movie Camera
The Fall Of The Romanoff Dynasty [1927]
The Russian Revolution
Stalin's Secret Life
Eisenstein:
10 Days that Shook the World /
Battleship Potemkin /
Strike
Russia: The Missing Years
Russian Revolution /
Russian Civil War
Communism - The Great Belief Of The 20th Century
1900-1928 /
1929-1939 /
1940-1953 /
1953-1999
Feature Films:
Nicholas And Alexandra /
Rasputin the Mad Monk /
Stalin /
Animal Farm
1. Stalin falls from grace in last bastion - his birthplace A statue of the former Soviet dicatator Josef Stalin was removed from a plinth in his birthplace in Georgia.
2. Incoming D-Day Memorial chief stands by Stalin bust While Mr. Reed said he can "appreciate the concern" of locals who have voiced their opposition to the bust, he said the bust can serve as a teaching tool to make visitors recognize the importance of Stalin as one of the leaders in World War II...
3. Destroying monuments to Stalin a silly attempt to rewrite history: Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev, whose attempts to reform the Soviet Union helped to bring about its demise, says he regrets the destruction of monuments to Joseph Stalin which he described as a “silly, anti-historical act”.
4. Stalin-era mass grave yields tonnes of bones Russia has uncovered at least 495 skeletons, many with head gunshot wounds, in a mass grave probably dating back to purges under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the 1930s, municipal authorities said.
5. Russia says probe into 1940 katyn massacre can't be reopened A top Russian official says there's no legal basis for reopening an investigation into the Katyn massacres, when thousands of Polish officers were killed by Soviet secret police.
6. Artists take on the new cult of Stalin
7. Stalin blocked two attempts to kill Hitler, Russian general says Stalin blocked two attempts to kill Hitler, Russian general says
8. Russian court rejects Stalin libel case brought by grandson
9. Stalin bus begins driving through St Petersburg
10. Stalin Resurrected in Russia (video)
11. Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio wants to play role of Joseph Stalin Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio wants to play role of Joseph Stalin
12. Can Oliver Stone show us the human side of Hitler?
13. Stalin's crude side laid bare
14. Two killed as statue to Soviet Union war dead is demolished
15. Russian textbooks attempt to rewrite history
1. Seventeen Moments
2. RealUSSR: Brilliant blog about ordinary life behind the Iron Curtain (via activehistory.co.uk / classtools.net)
3. Ukraine: Famine Anniversary Marked Amid Denials
4. Stalin's Wars: An Interview with Professor Geoffrey Roberts #historyteacher (via activehistory.co.uk / classtools.net)
5. October: Ten Days That Shook the World - MPEG Download!
6. Battleship Potemkin: MPEG Download!
7. Alexander Nevsky: MPEG Download!
8. The National Archives Learning Curve | Heroes & Villains | Stalin & industrialisation
9. Siegelbaum, Stalinism as a Way of Life This site contains original Russian documents used in the book Stalinism as a Way of Life in English translation.
10. In Soviet Russia, Lake Contaminates You
11. Stalin's USSR
12. Stalin - Cambridge University Press