1. The Fall of Communism

2. Table of Contents – Russia
Date
Title
Lesson #
12/8
Cover Page and Map 28
12/9
Cut-Away Boxes 29
12/10
Human-Environment Interaction 30
12/16
Life Under Communism 31
12/18
Soviet Union - Economics 32
12/19
Soviet Union - Social 33
1/5
Fall of Communism 34

3. Soviet Union in the 1980s A. Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
Osama Bin Laden fighting the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
A. Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

4. B. People were sick of Communism’s negative effects - starvation
- slavery
- can’t choose jobs
- political persecution
Cannibalism caused by starvation from collective farming
Slavery in Siberia

5. Fall of Communism – ECONOMIC FACTORS
Reason #1 – Soviet Union runs out of money.
Why???
- Rapid industrialization = expensive
- Fighting/funding wars to spread communism = expensive
- The negative economic effects of communism

6. Reason #2 - POLITICAL FACTORS:
Berlin Wall Clip Questions
1. What did the Berlin Wall symbolize?
2. How were the Germans able to bring it down?

7. Task
Sketch two examples of how the economic effects of communism caused the Soviet Union to run out of money.
When you finish your sketches…
1. Get them approved.
2. Get a laptop and go to
3. Access the powerpoint called “Fall of Communism”
4. Take all notes, complete all tasks.

8. Communism Falls
READ ONLY
Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR in His reforms contributed to the fall of Communism.
His reforms were…
Perestroika (the change to a market economy)
Glasnost (openness within the USSR)

9. Gorbachev’s Policies
1. Perestroika – the restructuring of the Soviet economy.
 changes from command economy to market economy
 Led to privatization of businesses.

10. Directions: In your notebook, complete the Frayer Model below.
PRIVATIZATION
2. Definition  selling government-owned businesses to regular citizens.
3. Create an example of privatization.
4. Sketch

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

12. Fall of Communism – Reason #3  Social Factors
Answer the question below in complete sentences 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.

13. Political Revolutions in the Republics
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?