Content Standards.
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
Common Core:
Reading
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH. 9-10. 1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH. 9-10. 2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source, provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH. 9-10. 3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text, determine whether the earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy RH. 9-10. 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
Writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9.10 2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes. A-F
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9-10.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9-10.5. Develop and strengthen writing as needy by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9-10.9 Draw Evidence from information texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
- Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
- Trace Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
- Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
Common Core:
Reading
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH. 9-10. 1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH. 9-10. 2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source, provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH. 9-10. 3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text, determine whether the earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy RH. 9-10. 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
Writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9.10 2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments, or technical processes. A-F
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9-10.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9-10.5. Develop and strengthen writing as needy by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy. WHST. 9-10.9 Draw Evidence from information texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Essential Historical Questions
What circumstances and ideas propelled the Russian Revolution and what were the consequences?
How was Stalin able to rise to power in the Soviet Union? What policies facilitated his rise?
How are totalitarian regimes able to come into power? What are the main differences and similarities between Fascism and Communism?
What circumstances and ideas propelled the Russian Revolution and what were the consequences?
How was Stalin able to rise to power in the Soviet Union? What policies facilitated his rise?
How are totalitarian regimes able to come into power? What are the main differences and similarities between Fascism and Communism?
Big Ideas
The effect of the Russian Revolution on world politics and the rise of Communism.
The human rights violations perpetuated by totalitarian regimes.
The power of a well spoken and charismatic leader.
Mass mobilization of citizens and use of propaganda.
The differences and similarities between Fascism and Communism.
The effect of the Russian Revolution on world politics and the rise of Communism.
The human rights violations perpetuated by totalitarian regimes.
The power of a well spoken and charismatic leader.
Mass mobilization of citizens and use of propaganda.
The differences and similarities between Fascism and Communism.
Unit Assessment
Venn Diagram of Fascism and Communism
Quick write of primary documents such as propaganda posters.
Timeline of Russian Revolution.
Quick write of thoughts and reaction after viewing a speech by Hitler or Mussolini on YouTube.
Formal essay analyzing the human rights violations perpetuated by totalitarian regimes.
Venn Diagram of Fascism and Communism
Quick write of primary documents such as propaganda posters.
Timeline of Russian Revolution.
Quick write of thoughts and reaction after viewing a speech by Hitler or Mussolini on YouTube.
Formal essay analyzing the human rights violations perpetuated by totalitarian regimes.