2.2 The Soviet Union

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Chapter 2

2.2 The Soviet Union

Welcome!

Today

• What do you know already (+- 10 min)
• Homework check (+- 5 min)
• Explanation (+- 20 min)
• Exercise (+- 10 min)

Homework check

Booklet

At the end of this lesson...

• You can describe the economy and society of the Soviet Union.

Marxism/communism

Communist!

The Communist Party started reforming the economy during the civil war

Belonging to the state

• Lenin made the state take over banks and factories             Nationalisation 
• The government also took control of farmland             Farmers had to give a lot of their crops to the state

Taking a privately owned business into state ownership.

Problems

• The nationalized companies didn't make as much money as expected
  
• Farmers didn't want to cooperate with the new rules
  
• This resulted in famine.
• Lenin had to reverse his measures to a certain extent

1924: Lenin dies

Stalin in power

• Stalin introduced a "planned economy" in 1928
•  Stalin's government made plans for what should be produced over 5 years
• Focus was on heavy industry like coal, oil, and machinery. Consumer goods were considered less important
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An economic system in which the government determines what businesses should make and in what quantities.

five-year plan

An economic plan in which the government has determined what its businesses must produce over the next five years and in what quantities.

What else?

• Small farms were combined into large collective farms (kolkhoz)                collectivizing
•  Goal was to increase efficiency with modern equipment
  
• Many farmers resisted giving up their land and animals

Merging independent businesses into large, communal (collective) ones.

Exercise

Use paragraph 2.2 in your book. Explain how Russian society was changing.

- Give two examples. 

Done? Make paragraph 2.2 exercise 1 to 5

Chapter 2

2.2 The Soviet Union

Welcome!

Today

• What do you remember (+- 5 min)
• Exercise (+- 10 min)
• Video (+- 5 min)
• Booklet (+- 10 min)

At the end of this lesson...

• You can explain what the Great Terror meant.
  
• You can use examples to show that communism was an international movement.

Changes in
the Soviet Union

Exercise

Use paragraph 2.2 in your book. Explain how Russian society was changing when it comes to women en different classes.

- Give two examples. 

Work on 2.2 in the booklet

Chapter 2

2.2 The Soviet Union

Welcome!

At the end of this lesson...

• You can use examples to show that communism was an international movement.

Today

• Exercise (+- 15 min)
• Discuss! (+- 10 min)
• Work on the booklet (+- 5 min) 

Exercise (in pairs)

• Find two countries that are communist.
• Explain: 

1. In what way the practice communism and in what way they don't. 
2. How the people in the country notice that the country is communist