1. RIGHT CORNER >: 1) Write: Name: _, Period: _,
Date: 04/20/12, Topic: Communist Russia
LEFT CORNER <: Write “Opener #25” and then:
1) Write 1 high+1 low in last 24 hours
2) Rate your comprehension for this
week’s material so far: lost<1-5>easy
3) Respond to the Opener by writing
at least 1 sentences about:
Your opinions/thoughts OR/AND
Questions sparked by the clip OR/AND
Summary of the clip OR/AND
Announcements: None

2. Opener # Misc Notes Name
2)Hi & Lo…………………………………………. Period
2) # Rating Past Understanding……………… Date
3) Opinion, Question or Summary…………… Topic
Navigation Notes
Section Notes Here
Titles:
Notes or
Activ #A
Activity Write Ups
“Title”
+ SOMETIMES SIGNATURES + STAMPS
Memory
Cues
+
Questions
REFLECTION #: CLOSER HERE

4. Opener 1 Permission Slip Due Fri Bruce Lee
2)Hi-talked with friends, Lo-Feeling tired Period 2
2) 2
3) Why was Japan’s military modernization
8/25/12
turn out better than China’s? Asian Imperialism
Notes #1a Meiji Emperor more symbol than power
Meiji Young, handsome, wore Western clothes
Emperor
Activ #1a 1) 3 because tradition is important
Debate 2) 5 because survival is most important
Activ #1b
1) The reason students returned was nationalism.
Reading
2) I think people are more individualistic today.
Military #1
Ruso War?
Reflection #1: Closing your country to threats can weaken you.

6. Agenda
1) Lenin
2) Stalin
Why am I learning this?
1) Why was Communism a threat?
Reminder
1) Reading quiz Monday

8. Review
1) Capitalism: Resources are privately owned.
2) Socialism: Some resources are privately
owned, some is owned by the gov (supported
by taxes)
3) Communism: All resources are owned by the
ppl (community land controlled by gov)
4) Karl Marx(1919-1983): In Communist Manifesto
and Das Kapital, argued that working class
needs to revolt and take control.
5) WWI (1914-1919): UK/France/Russia/US vs.
Germany/Austria/Ottomons (Turkey).
Russian ppl devastated by lack of supplies.
6) Russian Revolution (1917): Russians
overthrow tsar (king)

10. Activity #25a, Title “Economic Comic”
Read and create a 4 box cartoon that presents
“who gets the bread” in capitalism, socialism,
communism, STEPS
& anarchy. 1) Draw in Activity under the
Activity title.
2) Know your 4 points and
purpose before you draw.
3) Use clear captions.
4) Employ comedy,
symbolism, feeling,
exaggeration, etc.
5) Ensure the 4 boxes
convey a complete picture
of the main ideas of the doc.

11. Notes #25a, Title: “USSR Notes”
1) February Revolution (1917): Kerensky leads
temp gov, stay in WWI and socialist.
2) Soviets: Clubs promoting communism
a) Mensheviks: Larger group wanted gradual
reform (not want to destroy dissent)
b) Bolsheviks: Complete reform needed, led by
Lenin (attack dissent)

12. 3) Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924): Fights for revolution
a) Promised “Peace, Land, Bread” (communism)
b) Communism only secure with a global revolution
4) Leon Trotsky (shot 1940): Helped Lenin, organized
military, also believed global revolution

13. 5) USSR (1922): Russia becomes Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics under 1st leader: Lenin

15. Notes #25a, Title: “Stalin Notes”
5) Joseph Stalin (dies 1953): 2nd leader of USSR,
makes USSR into a totalitarian gov (gov total power)
a) Industrialize Russia through gov force
b) Ruthless, paranoid leader (kills 6-20 mil ppl)

20. Notes #26a, Title: “Stalin Notes”
7) Command Economy: Stalin believed gov must
direct every economic and business decisions
a) Allows fast growth in targeted areas
b) Creates surplus/shortages as gov misdirects
c) Punished if quotas not met, focus on quantity,
not quality (shortages on goods not gov requested)
8) 5 Year Plans: Stalin creates 5 yr plans in large
factories and farming to catch USSR up
(Ironically, labor unions+striking was a socialist
tool in capitalist countries, CPSU banned them)

21. “Gardener of Great
Happiness”

22. “Defend the
USSR”

23. “Lets accomplish
great deeds.”

24. “Beware of the
wheel!”

26. "Please, Uncle Do Take Me to Kharkiv."
"We have neither bread nor anything else to eat.
Dad is completely exhausted from hunger and is
lying on the bench, unable to get on his feet.
Mother is blind from the hunger and cannot see
in the least. So I have to guide her when she has
to go outside. Please Uncle, do take me to
Kharkiv, because I, too, will die from hunger.
Please do take me, please. I'm still young and I
want so much to live a while. Here I will surely
die, for every one else is dying ..."

27. Activ #25a, Title “Video: Stalin”
1) Copy Source Title: History
Channel: Man of Steel
2…) Discuss questions on the board
with a partner. Summarize your
discussion (include their name at the
end). Remember participation points
are deducted if off task.
Reading/Film Qs Come From These Work Sections

29. Notes #25a, Title: “USSR Notes”
1) February Revolution (1917): Kerensky leads temp gov,
stay in WWI and socialist.
2) Soviets: Clubs promoting communism
a) Mensheviks: Larger group wanted gradual reform (not
want to destroy dissent)
b) Bolsheviks: Complete reform needed, led by Lenin
(attack dissent)
3) Vladimir Lenin (1970-1924): Fights for revolution
a) Promised “Peace, Land, Bread” (communism)
b) Communism only secure with a global revolution
4) Leon Trotsky (1979-1940): Helped Lenin, organized
military, also believed global revolution
5) USSR (1922): Russia becomes Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics under 1st leader: Lenin
6) Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): 2nd leader of USSR, makes
USSR into a totalitarian gov (gov total power)
a) Industrialize Russia through gov force

30. Notes #25a, Title: “USSR Notes”
5) USSR (1922): Russia becomes Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics under 1st leader: Lenin
6) Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): 2nd leader of USSR, makes
USSR into a totalitarian gov (gov total power)
a) Industrialize Russia through gov force
b) Ruthless, paranoid leader (kills 6-20 mil ppl)
7) Command Economy: Stalin believed gov must direct
every economic and business decisions
a) Allows fast growth in targeted areas
b) Creates surplus/shortages as gov misdirects
c) Punished if quotas not met, focus on quantity, not
quality (shortages on goods not gov requested)
8) 5 Year Plans: Stalin creates 5 yr plans in large factories
and farming to catch USSR up
(Ironically, labor unions+striking was a socialist tool in
capitalist countries, CPSU banned them)

31. Reflection #25 (place at the end of today’s work)
Pick the 1 most important thing you
learned today to share with your partner.
1) Write down the main idea of
today.
(include their name).
2) Summarize Mr. Chiang’s closing
remarks