IB1HS3R

Planning Topic 3 Russia.

 

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

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Break

Break

No lesson?

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Introduction. Handing out books and explaining Paper 1, 2 and 3.

PART ONE Tsarist Russia, lecture

Overview

Tsarist Russia.

Chap 4 Traynor p 67 – 76

Chap 2 Morris p 35 - 62

Studying Reforms etc

Revolution of 1905.

Traynor p 76-79, 82-85

Only HL cont tsarist Russia

N B The syllabys for paper 3 says “1894 to 1917” for unit 13, although there is a unit 8 focusing on Alexander II etc…

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Only Hl cont Tsarist Russia

Part Two October Revolution

Causes of the revolution 1917.

Chap 8 Morris p 206-216

Examining the Evidence, Lenin’s Role in the October Revolution Traynor p 208 – 212

Bolshevik’s, aims and methods.

Morris p 216-220

Paper 1 type of exercise

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Examining the Evidence, Myth and reality in the October Revolution.

Traynor p 212 – 216

Paper 1 type of exercise

Cont October revolution.

Histiography

Cont October revolution

Histiography

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Cont October revolution

Histiography

PART THREE Civil War and NEP, lecture.

Civil War

Morris p 220 – 225

New Economic Policy

Morris p 226 - 227

 PART FOUR Stalinism, the events, lectures. +PART FIVE Examining Stalin, excercises. Histiography.©

The Struggle for power and rise of Stalin

Traynor p 230-231

Morris p 233-240

Todd 54-70

 

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Cont The

 struggle for power

Cont The Struggle for power.

Economic policies, Collectivization, Five year plans.

Morris p 242-248

Todd p 71-83

Phillips p 19-38.

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Consequences of collectivization

The great Purges.

Morris p 248-251

Todd p 85-93

Cont the great purges

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Cont The Great Purges

Was Stalin only carrying on what Lenin started?

Stalinist Propaganda, the role of education. Life under terror?

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Summary of Russia

Practicing answering typical IB-questions.

Phillips p 65 - 70

Germany

 

 

 

Books and handouts:

Traynor, J. Challenging History – Europe 1890-1990. Exercises and sources, very little school-book texts.

Morris, T. Murphy, D. Europe 1870 – 1991. Covers “basic skills”, your main textbook on major parts of the course.

Phillips, S. Stalinist Russia. Paper-copy handouts. New and very good book, both texts and summary questions.

Todd, A. Democracies and Dictatorship – Europe and the world 1919-1989. This book is mainly dealing with the Cold War Perspective and will be used mainly during year 2 topic 5. This book is also to be considered a compulsory text book.

 

In the plan you will find ALL pages covering the different areas, many of the pages cover exactly the same things. Hopefully you will be help by this very detailed paging on studying for the exam.

 

What should be covered?

 

SL:                 Paper 1 USSR and Stalin 1924 – 1941.

 

                      Paper 2 Rise and rule of Lenin and Stalin.

·        Origin of the single party state

o       Tsarist Russia, 1900-1917

o       Aims and goals of Bolsheviks.

·        Establishment of single party state.

o       Event during 1917

o       Civil War

o       Methods of Bolshevik

o       Ideology of War Communism

o       NEP

o       Treatment of opposition.

·        Regional and global impact.

·        Establishment of Stalinism.

o       Struggle for power.

o       Ideology of Stalin

o       Treatment of opposition

·        Stalin as a ruler.

o       Five Year plans, collectivization

o       1927 – 1937

o       The Great Purges

o       Political, economic and social policies of Stalin.

o       Role of women.

o       Role of Education, media, propaganda arts etc. The language of Terror-state.

·        Regional and Global impact of Stalinism. This will be done more thoroughly year 2 Topic 5 .

o       Foreign policies as a mean of maintaining power.

o       Impact of regime on outside world

o       As a factor in the Cold War.

 

 HL                Unit 13 Tsarist Russia to Communist USSR (this is very similar to SL):

·        Nature of tsarism, Nicholas II 1894 – 1917

·        Growth of revolutionary opposition and Soviets

·        1905 Revolution, reforms and reactions to 1914.

·        Impact of WW1.

·        Formation of Soviet State see subject guide..

 

Unit 14 Causes, course and effect of WW1 (not covered on SL??????):

·        Causes

·        Campaigns

·        Factors leading to defeat

·        Social and economic changes

·        Paris peace settlement.

 

Unit 16 Stalinist Russia until 1953 (also covered by SL):

·        Stalin in power 1928 until 1953, domestic and foreign policies.



© Part four and five will be on parts from the following sources:

The Handouts from Phillips p 2 –64. histiography

Morris 233 – 259

(Todd p 54-124)

Traynor 230-252 exercises