This is the third and final lesson of a series on Stalin’s rise to power as the undisputed leader of the USSR. The lesson is a big card sort activity whereby students will be able to sort and categorise everything they have studied in the previous two lines. There are a variety of activities included which are designed to help students analyse the information and think about it in different ways. The aim of the lesson is to allow students to form their own view on which factor was most important.

This is the second lesson of a series on Stalin’s rise to power as the undisputed leader of the USSR. The lesson includes a recall activity to secure knowledge of content covered last lesson. The main part of the lesson covers the events of Stalin’s rise to power and how opponents such as Kamenev, Zinoviev, Trotsky, Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky were each defeated. Lesson requires ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn. See notes below slides for page references.

This is the first lesson of a series on Stalin’s rise to power as the undisputed leader of the USSR. The lesson provides students with the context of Lenin’s final years and his relationship with Stalin. The lesson introduces some key terms such as ‘Politburo’ and others as well as Lenin’s Testament. It then allows students to develop an understanding of the divisions within the Politburo and the issues which divided them. Lesson requires ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.

This is the final lesson of a series on how Lenin dealt with the problems he faced following the October Revolution of 1917. The lesson aims to enable students to review all topics covered including, the revolution itself, the measures of 1917-18, the Russian Civil War, Famine, Kronstadt Mutiny, and the NEP. Students will then evaluate whether Lenin should be considered a success according to his aims. Lesson designed to prepare students for potential essay questions on this topic. Fully resourced and recently updated.

This is designed to be a second lesson on the NEP. The lesson allows students to identify successes and failures of the NEP according to a Bolshevik perspective. It works largely with statistics to indicate the economic impacts of the NEP however, the ideological anxieties surrounding the NEP are also considered. The lessons helps students to draw out that the NEP was successful in aiding recovery but following the crisis of 1927/8 was not allowing Russia to make significant progress. Lesson includes all resources and an essay plan for a 20 mark question on the NEP. Homework on the war scares of 1928 requires ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.

This lesson begins at the end of the Russian Civil war and establishes a Bolshevik Russia faced with multiple domestic threats. It allows students to establish an understanding of the economic and social problems in the countryside and in the cities, as well as the opposition which the Bolsheviks faced. It therefore shows how Lenin was forced to make a “retreat” from his communist economic policies in order to allow recovery and thus prevent opposition. Included in the lesson are key events such as the Kronstadt Mutiny and the “Ban on Factions” at the 10th Party Congress but also a clear defining of what the NEP actually meant for the Russian economy. Lesson used for multiple years and recently updated.

This is the final lesson of a series of lessons on why the Reds won the Russian Civil War. The aim is to review the factors learned in previous and consider which was the most significant in allowing the Reds to achieve victory. The lesson ends with the planning of a 20 mark question on the Civil War.

This is the third lesson of a series of lessons on the Russian Civil War. The aim of this lesson is to introduce students to War Communism and the Red Terror as the final two factors which contributed to Red Victory. It goes through the purpose of each of these policies and how each aided the Reds in the efforts to achieve victory. Includes the assassination of the Romanov family. Ends with 10 mark question homework. Lesson makes use of 'Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn on War Communism.

This is the second lesson of a series of lessons on the Russian Civil War. The aim of this lesson is to introduce students to a number of factors which contributed to Red victory. Students are introduced to factors ranging from Red propaganda and the leadership of Leon Trotsky to the White weaknesses and geographical factors. Lesson includes a homework on Allied Intervention which requires the textbook, 'Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.

This is an introductory lesson on the Russian civil war and forms part of an equiry into how Lenin dealt with the problems he faced following the October Revolution. This lesson introduces the combatants of the civil war (the Whites, Reds and Greens), introduces the key leaders of the respective armies, introduces the geography of the civil war and helps establish a narrative through homework reading. Key individuals included and introduced are: Leon Trotsky, Nikolai Yudenich, Anton Denikin, Alexander Kolchak and Nestor Makhno. Lesson requires two textbooks: ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn. ‘Russia, 1855-1991. From Tsars to Commissars’ by Peter Oxley. Lesson recently updated in line with OCR exam board specification.

This lesson is the first of an equiry into how Lenin and the Bolsheviks overcame the challenges they faced between October 1917 and 1924. This lesson is focused on the many key events in the first year of Bolshevik rule. It allows students to understand the problems faced by the Bolsheviks (such as a lack of political legitimacy) and the solutions they had (such as the closing of the closing of the Constitiuent Assembly and the writing of a new constitution. The lesson also covers Lenin’s decrees, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the launching of the Red Terror (to be covered in more depth in later lessons). It aims to establish that the Bolsheviks were pragmatic and effective under the leadership of Lenin when dealing with the many threats they faced. Resources all recently redesigned and content planned according to the exam board specification. Some slides include notes for further instruction where it is not immediately obvious what is required of the teacher.

This is the final lesson of an enquiry into the causes of the October revolution. It is designed to bring all previous lessons on the causes of the revolution together to enable students to form their own interpretations on which factor was most significant. It recovers the failures of the Provisional Government, Lenin’s role, Trotsky’s role, Kerensky’s role, and why the Bolsheviks were increasingly popular. It also recovers key events such as the publishing of the April Theses, the July Days, and Kornilov Coup. It allows students to consider different viewpoints in order form their own. The lesson ends with a 20-mark essay planning activity for homework which could be written in a following lesson.

This lesson is the sixth of an enquiry into the causes of the October revolution. The lesson establishes a narrative understanding of the events of October/November revolution. It charts the course of events from September, 1917 to the completion of the Bolshevik takeover at the end of October. Whilst establishing a narrative understanding it also enables students to identify and understand the roles of Leon Trotsky, Alexander Kerensky and Vladimir Lenin in the course of the revolution. Lesson designed according to the exam board specification and all resources recently updated.

This lesson is the fifth of an enquiry into the causes of the October revolution. The lesson explains in further depth who Alexander Kerensky was, the problems he faced and introduces some of the many mistakes he made. It then allows students to establish an understanding of the Kornilov Coup and its impact on the rising tide of revolution. It allows students to understand the causes and course of the coup, reasons for its failure, and most significantly the impact upon the Provisional Government and Kerensky and the Bolsheviks. Lesson requires the textbook, ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn. Lesson designed according to the exam board specification and all resources recently updated.

This lesson is the fourth of an enquiry into the causes of the October revolution. The lesson allows students to establish an understanding of the causes, reasons for failure and consequences of the July Days. It helps students understand that although the July Days were on the surface a failure for the Bolsheviks, it showed the support they could rely upon when October arrived. It also establishes how Kerensky becomes PM in the aftermath and therefore the success of the Provisional Government relied upon him. Lesson designed according to the exam board specification and all resources recently updated.