Lessons on Revolutions & Russia case study

A complete scheme of learning designed for Year 9 which focuses on the concept of Revolution. The second part of the scheme looks at Russia/Soviet Union as a case study.

Purpose:

• Introduce students to key substantive concepts of revolution, communism, dictatorship.
• Continue developing understanding of historical disciplinary concepts: causation, chronology, interpretations, historical reading and writing.
• Develop sense of period and conceptual understanding in preparation for future work on the modern world, e.g. Nazi Germany and Russia/Soviet Union, and especially about different political systems and societies.

Core enquiry questions:

1. Why have revolutions occurred across time and place?
2. How did Stalin keep the Russian Revolution going?
3. Why was communism such a threatening ideology for many in the modern world?

Substantive Knowledge:
Revolution, communism, dictatorship/different political systems
Disciplinary knowledge:
Chronology - Sense of period (modern world), historical writing, historical reading and interpretations, particularly how we assess how convincing an interpretation is (introducing an A-level skill/language).