2.2 Fascism and communism (3)

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Communism

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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

Lesson duration is: 80 min

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For today

Communism

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Goals

In this paragraph you will learn how Mussolini rose to power in Italy.
In this paragraph you will learn how Italy became a totalitarian dictatorship.
In this paragraph you will learn how the Soviet economy developed.
In this paragraph you will learn how the Soviet Union became a totalitarian dictatorship.
Characteristic aspect: the totalitarian character of the communist political system.

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Read 2.2 Dictatorship in Italy

Make 2, 3, 4 & 5 from 2.2

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How did Italy become a dictatorship?

How did this dictatorship work?

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The Soviet economy

Lenin died in 1924.
New dictator --> Stalin.
He introduced a planned economy to speed
up industrialization.
Stalin also forced the peasants to
collectivize.

collectivisation: merging of private farms into communal agricultural companies

planned economy: economy in which the government prescribes what needs to be produced

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Poster promoting collectivization in the Soviet Union, 1933

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The Soviet economy

They had to join kolkhozes
Many peasants resisted this
Stalin then intervened harshly with terror and starvation.
Millions of peasants died as a result.
--> Holodomor

Kolkhozen: large agricultural company where farmers worked together

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Get to work!

Read 2.2 The Soviet economy
Make 6, 7 and 9

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Goals

In this paragraph you will learn how Mussolini rose to power in Italy.
In this paragraph you will learn how Italy became a totalitarian dictatorship.
In this paragraph you will learn how the Soviet economy developed.
In this paragraph you will learn how the Soviet Union became a totalitarian dictatorship.
Characteristic aspect: the totalitarian character of the communist political system.

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Who succeeded Lenin after 1924?

Slide 13 - Open question

What did Stalin introduce and for what reason?

Slide 14 - Open question

Explain what these two concepts have to do with each other: collectivization & kolkhozes

Slide 15 - Open question

How did Staling react when people resisted this?

Slide 16 - Open question