Archive for December, 2005

Stalin’s Purges: New Worksheets

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

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. Factual Test - to consolidate knowledge

The USSR under Stalin: New Worksheets

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

Agricultural Policies:
1. What were Stalin’s Economic Objectives? [student worksheet] [teacher copy] [PowerPoint Presentation]
2. Collectivisation: Theory and Practice [student worksheet ] [teacher copy] [PowerPoint Presentation]
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]