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Unit Plan Overview
Travis Shaw
Soviet Union
Introduction:
Soviet Union History/ Social Studies Grade 10
Timeframe of 2 weeks (10 days)
Travis Shaw
For my Unit plan I want to continue with the trend of the history of the Soviet Union. I
was thinking of doing it chronologically. The chronological approach would have each day or
lesson have a chunk of Soviet history, starting with essential pre-soviet era information and
going
up until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. This approach would also have major themes
connected to each lesson such as the revolution, communist ideology, WW2, the cold war, and
the collapse of the USSR. The lesson will also talk about the Soviet Union decade by decade,
and explore major events, leaders, geography, and concepts necessary to understanding this
history.
Standards:
North Dakota:
9–12.2.18 Explain events in the development of the Cold War (e.g., Berlin Blockade; nuclear arms and
space race; Cuban Missile Crisis; political and economic transformation of Western and Eastern Europe;
Korean Conflict, Vietnam Conflict; collapse of Warsaw Pact Nations)
9–12.2.16 Analyze the global causes, course, and consequences of World War II and the post-war events
(e.g., worldwide depression, totalitarian and militaristic regimes, Holocaust, political and social change
in the Middle East, development of the United Nations, Cold War)
9–12.1.1 Interpret and evaluate a variety of visual representations (e.g. charts, graphs, time lines,
graphic organizers, maps, flow charts) of data
Common Core:
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.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate
summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
Objectives:
Students will be able to understand the geography, ideology, and history of the Soviet Union.
Students will be able to interpret and understand how events and ideas from the Soviet Union
helped to shape the modern world through events such as WW2, the Cold war, and others.
Activates:
Map activity
Reading activity’s for assigned text
Group presentation: small groups of students will each pick a soviet era figure and present on
their figure.
Cuban Missile crisis activity
Capitalism vs communism activity/ game.
Assessments:
Unit Exam at the end
Pretest at the beginning
Reading quiz
Map quiz
Daily Plans:
Monday(1): Start with pretest on soviet history
Lecture on pre soviet era/ Russian monarch
End with
Tuesday(2): Introduce book to class/ reading activity
Lecture on revolution
Revolution Activity
Wednesday(3): Communism vs capitalism activity
Lecture on communism/ early soviet history
Begin group presentation activity
Thursday (4): Intro Map activity
Lecture on Soviet Geography/ Communism
Group Time for projects
Thursday (4) Geography recap/ activity
Lecture on WW2 Soviet History part 1
Group time for projects
Friday (5): Map Quiz
Lecture on WW2 Soviet History Part 2
WW2 map activity
Monday (6): Cold war reading discussion
Lecture on beginning of cold war/ Iron curtain
Reading quiz
Tuesday(7): Group project time
Lecture on cold war Soviet Union
Cuban Missile crisis activity
Wednesday (8): Exam Review
Lecture on Cold war endings/ collapse of the USSR
Group Project time
Thursday(9): quick activity on post USSR Russia
Group Project Presentations
Exam Review
Friday (10): Final Questions before Exam
UNIT EXAM
If time permits discussion on exam/ Soviet Union