1. Lecture assignment Lecture on Russian and soviet History before 1953 –Counts 10% of grade –due 20th of February –Two and two work together –Use Power Point - present in Powerpoint and with handout. –Length six slides –7x7x7 –Resources, library, internet. –Topics: Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Karl Marx, the civil war, social realism and art in the Soviet Union, the government and the secret Police, Women and the Revolution. NEP, religion, collectivization, purges, war, foreign policy, five year plans.

2. evaluation Organizaton and aims Knowledge of subject Historical analysis Presentation, use of language, pictures, making the material interesting Length, handout. List of sources Final grade

3. Groups Daniel Tryggvi Gréta : Trotsky 5th Sandra and Judita: Kerensky 28th Daniel : Horacjusz Secret Police 7th Aðalheiður, Arna,and Irene: Women and the revolution 7th Jón and Einar : Stalin 5th Mu Martyn: Lenin 28th David Frigge and Mantas: Compare 1905 1917 28th Jesselou Bryndís Purges 5th Civil war Jakob, Daniel Ýmir 5th

4. Links spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk www.marxist.com Modern history sourcebook