Unit Title: Rise of Totalitarian Governments
Grade 10 Ca. Content Standards: 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I. 10.7.1 Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag). 10.7.2 Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine). 10.7.3 Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits. |
Common Core Literacy Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 -Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 -Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.7 -Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self- generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9 -Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. |
English Language Development Standards:
ELD.P1.9-10.1 -Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics ELD.P1.9-10.5 -Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts ELD.P1.9-10.9 -Expressing information and ideas in formal oral presentations on academic topics ELD.P2.9-10.6 -Connecting ideas |
Big Ideas:
a) The significance of the Russian Revolution and the development of communism.
b) The impact of WWI and The Great Depression on Europe.
c)The similarities and differences between fascism and communism.
d)The power of a charismatic leader, citizen mobilization, and the use of propaganda.
a) The significance of the Russian Revolution and the development of communism.
b) The impact of WWI and The Great Depression on Europe.
c)The similarities and differences between fascism and communism.
d)The power of a charismatic leader, citizen mobilization, and the use of propaganda.
- Essential Questions:
b) Why did communism and fascism appeal to Europeans in the 1930s?
c) What is totalitarianism and how was it implemented?
d) How did the Nazis come to power and why did the German people support them?
Unit Assessments:
a) Timeline of the Russian Revolution and the spread of communism.
b) Magnet summary in-class essay: provide students with key words and have them use those words to communicate ideas and make connections about WWI, the Great Depression, and totalitarianism.
c) Quiz on totalitarianism.
d) Research project on a dictator and their government not studied in our class and identify similarities to dictators we have studied.
a) Timeline of the Russian Revolution and the spread of communism.
b) Magnet summary in-class essay: provide students with key words and have them use those words to communicate ideas and make connections about WWI, the Great Depression, and totalitarianism.
c) Quiz on totalitarianism.
d) Research project on a dictator and their government not studied in our class and identify similarities to dictators we have studied.