Consequences of the Break-up of the Soviet Union High School Tennessee Geographic Alliance One Day Geography Workshop Instructor Kristi Neuroth Ravenwood High School Brentwood, TN

Overview of Session 1. Optional homework assignment 2. Jigsaw activity instructions 3. Jigsaw activity information 4. Exit Slip 5. Additional resources

Tennessee Standards W.82 Evaluate the consequences of the Soviet Union’s breakup, including the development of market economies, political and social instability, ethnic struggles, oil and gas politics, and the dangers of the spread of weapons and technologies of mass destruction to rogue states and terrorist organizations. (C, E, G, P)

Connections to Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.

Optional Homework Assignment In preparation for this assignment, students can read the following article which outlines the break-up of the Soviet Union: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/soviet_end_01.shtml

Jigsaw Activity Instructions Number students off from 1-4. Each student will be responsible for exploring one consequence of the break-up of the Soviet Union (detailed on following slides). Students will use the online articles (printed, if necessary) to gather 5-10 pieces of information relating to their specific element (i.e. oil and gas policies). After students read and take notes from their particular article they will gather together in a “Jigsaw” format to share information and complete their chart (see “Student Jigsaw Chart” document).

Element #1: Effects of the Break-up on Population Consequences for Population (Harvard College Lectures) “Understanding population health: lessons from the former Soviet Union”: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/inequality/Seminar/Papers/McKee081.pdf

Element #2: Political and Social Instability After the Soviet Collapse: A Globe Redrawn http://www.economist.com/node/14793737

Element #3: Oil and Gas Policies Center for Energy Economies: Soviet Legacy on Russian Petroleum Policies http://www.beg.utexas.edu/energyecon/new- era/case_studies/Soviet_Legacy_on_Russian_Petroleum_Industry.pdf

Element #4: Ethnic Conflict Investigators and security personnel work at a scene of suicide blast near a police camp in the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, October 24, 2010. A policeman was killed, and seven people were injured in the attack. (Reuters) Element #4: Ethnic Conflict The Atlantic: How Stalin Created Some of the Post-Soviet World's Worst Ethnic Conflicts http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/how-stalin- created-some-of-the-post-soviet-worlds-worst-ethnic-conflicts/273649/ Investigators and security personnel work at a scene of suicide blast near a police camp in the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, October 24, 2010. A policeman was killed, and seven people were injured in the attack. (Reuters)

Exit Slip In your opinion, what do you think was the most devastating consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Why? Support your answer with detailed evidence.

Additional Resources – The Breakup Cold War Museum: http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp US Department of State Office of the Historian: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union BBC History: “Reform, Coup and Collapse: The End of the Soviet State”: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/soviet_end_01.shtml NY Times “The Soviet State, Born of a Dream, Dies”: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/26/world/end-of-the-soviet-union-the-soviet- state-born-of-a-dream-dies.html Washington Post “The Long Breakup”: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/special/world/fall-of-the-soviet-union/

Additional Resources – After the Breakup The Economist “A Globe Redrawn”: http://www.economist.com/node/14793737 Consequences for Population (Harvard College Lectures) “Understanding population health: lessons from the former Soviet Union”: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/inequality/Seminar/Papers/McKee081.pdf