1. 1. Objective (READ) SWBAT describe life in the Soviet Union. 2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION) 3. Warm-up (ANSWER) 1. Which type of economic system did the Soviet Union have? - Market Economy or Command Economy. 2. Describe the economic system that the Soviet Union had.

2. Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # 11/18EU DBQ39 **RUSSIA (EURASIA) UNIT** 11/23Cover Page40 11/24Cut-Away Boxes41 11/30Human-Environment Interaction 42 12/7Soviet Union – Social43 1. Go to the next fresh page. 2. Write the title “HEI”

3. Soviet Union – Social

4. 1. Rights were restricted A. no free speech B. government control of media C. censorship of art and writing Censorship  prohibiting people from expressing their beliefs or art

5. 1. Rights were restricted D. Religion is banned E. Education used to train people to be loyal communists F. Violators were sent to Gulags – Soviet forced labor camps - Task  Sketch a picture for each of the two rights restrictions listed above.

6. Human rights violations - taking away a person’s rights or persecuting them for their differences. Joseph Stalin Clip 1. Create a list of human rights violations you observe in the clip.

7. Directions: Go to www.wgL09.wikispaces.com –Click 3 rd Marking Period –Scroll all the way to the bottom –Click on the power point file titled “Life in the Soviet Union – social” If the slide says COPY then copy the notes. If the slide says READ ONLY, then just read it. If the slide says COPY HEADLINE – Copy the headline and COMPLETE THE TASK. READ ONLY

8. 2. Education – designed to make them loyal and patriotic citizens All books were created by government approved writers The information would guard students against the influence of communism's many enemies  Democracy and market economics. Students memorized slogans favorable to Lenin and Stalin and their works would inspire them to carry on the goals of the party. COPY THE HEADLINE – But Complete Task Task  Create an example of a homework assignment or in-class activity that could occur in a Soviet classroom.

9. 3. Religion – Worship the government instead of Christianity According to communism, political leaders, would quickly replace religious leaders. Religion was considered useless superstition, whereas communism was considered a science, a better way of thinking and acting. There was no place in a Communist society for Christian ideas that promised salvation and heaven for the well-behaved individual, as measured by the Bible. Task – Why would a communist leader want people to worship the government instead of religion? COPY THE HEADLINE – and Complete Task

10. 4. Daily Life - Stalin’s collective farming policies caused massive famine - Famine = a huge lack of food that causes widespread starvation. COPY

11. 4. Collective Farming Effects - Watchtower allowing young Communist Party activists to watch for starving peasants attempting to steal corn for their families READ ONLY

12. 4. Collective Farming Effects - Peasants are removing hidden grain. Any peasant whose grain was found was automatically treated as a kulak, and deported or shot; yet to hide some grain was a matter of survival." READ ONLY

13. 4. Collective Farming Effects: Cannibals caught with pieces of human flesh near the Volga River, 1921. This was during the height of collective farming in the Ukraine. Task  How did people cope with the effects of collective farming? How would you handle this situation if you were living during this time? READ ONLY and Complete the Task

14. 4. Stalin’s Purges  Stalin killed millions of people who he felt were against communism.  Stalin relocated millions of people to Siberia and Kazakhstan to seize their land COPY

15. 5. Police State - citizens were imprisoned, killed, or relocated for illegal activities. Secret Police – plain-clothes officers who worked for the government Things people were arrested for… A. Refusing to give land to the government B. Trading goods (ex. Growing wheat and selling it to your neighbors) C. Traveling D. Speaking or writing against the government E. Writing songs or other art forms against the government COPY THE HEADLINE Day of Communism Assignment  Write a diary entry or sketch a cartoon about a person in the Soviet Union. Your diary must include the following: 1. Day 1 - During the day of communism you violate each of the 5 things people were arrested for. Create real examples of you committing these crimes in your diary/cartoons. 2. Day 2 – During day 2 you get arrested by the Secret Police and are sent to a Soviet Gulag. Describe this experience and life in the Gulag.