1. 1. Objective (READ) SWBAT identify the Russian reform policies after the fall of Communism. 2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION) 3. Warm-up (ANSWER) 1. Why did Stalin treat his people so poorly? 2. Was he successful in meeting his goals?

2. 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.

3. Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # **RUSSIA (EURASIA) UNIT** 11/24Cut-Away Boxes41 11/30Human-Environment Interaction 42 12/7Soviet Union – Social43 12/8Soviet Union – Economics44 1. Draw a line underneath yesterday’s work. 2. Write the title “Soviet Union - Economics”

4. Life in the Soviet Union - Economics 1922-1991

5. Background – Economic Policies - Economic System = Command Economy - Main Economic Policy = Rapid Industrialization READ ONLY

6. 1. Command Economy A. Government controls all businesses and takes land B. Equal pay crushes incentive to work hard

7. 2. Massive Cold War Spending A. Arms Race - Built up military

8. Cold War Clip Questions Arms Race Clip 1. Why did the Soviet Union detonate atomic weapons near Kazakhstan? 2. What effect did this have on the environment?

9. 2. Massive Cold War Spending A. Arms Race - Built up military B. Wars – Vietnam, North Korea, Afghanistan, Latin America

10. 2. Massive Cold War Spending A. Arms Race - Built up military B. Wars – Vietnam, North Korea, Afghanistan, Latin America C. Space Race

11. 3. Collective Farming - Soviet government kicks farmers off their land - Sets up huge government-run farms  Collectivization - Takes their ability to generate income

12. Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # **RUSSIA (EURASIA) UNIT** 11/24Cut-Away Boxes41 11/30Human-Environment Interaction 42 12/7Soviet Union – Social43 12/8Soviet Union – Economics44 12/8Fall of Communism45 1. Draw a line underneath yesterday’s work. 2. Write the title “Fall of Communism”

13. The Fall of Communism

14. Background - Situation during the 1980s 1. Soviets invade Afghanistan – to support the Communist government in the Afghan Civil War. 2. People were sick of Communism’s negative effects – Stalin’s Purges, Industrialization at all costs READ ONLY

15. Fall of Communism Reason #1 – Soviet Union runs out of money. Why??? - Rapid industrialization = expensive - Fighting and funding wars to spread communism = expensive - The negative economic effects of communism did not increase wealth COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX

16. Task Sketch two examples of how the economic effects of communism caused the Soviet Union to run out of money. - Rapid industrialization = expensive - Fighting and funding wars to spread communism = expensive - The negative economic effects of communism did not increase wealth

17. Fall of Communism Reason #2 – Weakened central government in the Soviet Union. Why??? - Government lacked the money to carry out its policies. - Revolutions started in former USSR republics. COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX

18. Fall of Communism Reason #3 – People wanted freedoms and rights. Why??? - Society was sick of purges and industrialization at all costs. - Wanted to enjoy freedoms like the rest of the world COPY WHAT IS IN THE BOX

19. Political Revolutions in the Republics http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detent e/fall_of_communism.htmlhttp://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detent e/fall_of_communism.html Answer the questions below: 1. What were the effects of the collapse of the Berlin Wall? 2. Describe the revolutionary movements in the Republics. 3. Why did the revolutionaries have the confidence to attempt revolution?

20. Fall of Communism – Reason #3  Social Factors http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/fall-of- communism-in-russia-faq.htmhttp://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/fall-of- communism-in-russia-faq.htm Answer the question below from the website above. 1. How did the Great Purge under Stalin contribute to the Fall of Communism? 2. How was religion viewed under Communism? 3. Explain the negative effects of Communism’s economic policies. 4. Describe the state of Russia’s political system when Gorbachev took power.

21. Policies Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR in 1985 and began two reforms that signaled the end of the Communist government and command economy… 1. Perestroika (economic changes, including a shift to a market economy) 2. Glasnost (openness, the government would no longer keep secrets and have a free media) READ ONLY

22. 1. Perestroika – the restructuring of the Soviet economy.  Shift to market economy.  Privatization of many businesses and industries. Government Policies

23. Directions: In your notebook, complete the Frayer Model below. PRIVATIZATION 2. Definition  selling government-owned businesses to regular citizens. 3. How is this different from life under the Soviet Union? 4. Sketch

24. Gorbachev’s Policies 2. Glasnost - the policy of openness in the government  transparency in the activities of all government institutions  the freedom of information