Content Standards
CA Content Standard: 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control.
2. Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights.
3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control.
2. Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights.
3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
Common Core Standards
CCSS_H/SS_R Grade 9-10
1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
Big Ideas
1. Russia’s weak government and the cost of WWI (lives and economics) led to the Russian Revolution.
2. Russia’s economic situation helped Leninism gain mass support.
3. Stalin was able to rise to power by suppressing documentation of his dismissal from the Bolshevik Party and by eliminating opposition.
4. Germany’s economic devastation after WWI led to the Nazi Party taking control of the German government.
5. Economic devastation and post WWI cost led to the rise in totalitarian regimes across Europe (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin).
2. Russia’s economic situation helped Leninism gain mass support.
3. Stalin was able to rise to power by suppressing documentation of his dismissal from the Bolshevik Party and by eliminating opposition.
4. Germany’s economic devastation after WWI led to the Nazi Party taking control of the German government.
5. Economic devastation and post WWI cost led to the rise in totalitarian regimes across Europe (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin).
Unit Goals
1. Students will examine the economic devastation WWI caused in various European nations and it leading to totalitarianism.
2. Students will compare and contrast capitalism and communism.
3. Students will understand how Socialism, Marxism, and Leninism spread across Europe and other parts of the world.
4. Students will be able to trace the factors that led to Stalin’s rise to power and maintaining power.
5. Students will examine Adolph Hitler’s rise to power and the consequences of his aggression.
6. Students will be able to analyze Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and compare his policies and ideas with other post WWI totalitarian leaders.
2. Students will compare and contrast capitalism and communism.
3. Students will understand how Socialism, Marxism, and Leninism spread across Europe and other parts of the world.
4. Students will be able to trace the factors that led to Stalin’s rise to power and maintaining power.
5. Students will examine Adolph Hitler’s rise to power and the consequences of his aggression.
6. Students will be able to analyze Benito Mussolini’s rise to power and compare his policies and ideas with other post WWI totalitarian leaders.
Unit Assessments
1. Setting the Stage Russian Revolution worksheet
2. Causes and effects of the Russian Revolution worksheet
3. Vocabulary (Russian Revolution)
4. Capitalism vs. Marxism worksheet
5. Communist Dictatorship in Russia worksheet
6. Unit Exam
2. Causes and effects of the Russian Revolution worksheet
3. Vocabulary (Russian Revolution)
4. Capitalism vs. Marxism worksheet
5. Communist Dictatorship in Russia worksheet
6. Unit Exam