Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24 iGCSE Edexcel

This is a unit of lessons that iGCSE Edexcel History. This is for paper 2 and is (A2) Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24. The unit has been squeezed into 24 lessons. Where there is a relevant exam question, it has been included at the end of the lesson with the mark scheme:
1.1 Tsarist rule in Russia
1.2 1905 Revolution
1.2 exam questions (2a June 2021,a & 2r June 2019, c)
1.3 The first four dumas
1.4 Stolypin’s & Goldfield (2. 20 Nov a & 2a Nov 21, a)
2.1 Effects of WW1 on Russia
2.2 Influence of Rasputin
2.3a February Revolution - 2 lessons
2.3b army mutiny, Abdication & government (2a. June 2021, a)
3.1a Problems with the provisional government (2a June 2022, b&c)
3.1b the impact of the Petrograd Soviet
3.2a Lenin and the Bolsheviks (2r. June 2019, a)
3.2b Kornilov Revolt
3.3a Reasons for the success of the Bolsheviks
3.3b Lenin and Trotsky (2AR. June 2022, b&c)
4.1a Decrees and assembly (2. Nov 2020, Qa)
4.1b Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (2a. June 2021, b&c)
4.2 Sides and events of the Civil War (2AR. June 2022, a)
4.3 Reasons for the Bolshevik victory
5.1 War communism
5.2 The Kronstadt Naval Mutiny (2r. November 2020, a)
5.3a New economic policy
5.3b Opposition to the NEP (2. Nov 2020, Qb ;2a. June 2022, a)
5.4 Lenin’s achievements to 1924

Each lesson begins with five recall questions that are self assessed on the next slide.
There are three learning objectives for each lesson. These are displayed at the bottom of each slide.

This Unit of work uses the textbook that has been published by the exam board.
Title: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: The Soviet Union in Revolution, 1905–24 Student Book
ISBN: 978-0435185435