IB History Paper 2: Authoritarian States: USSR under Stalin - Lessons/Activities

This bundle set of lessons is devoted to IB History Paper 2: Authoritarian States - The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. There are seven lessons within this bundle set. Each lesson has different activities that enable students to interpret different types of sources - primary and scholarly documents as well as paintings and posters. These lessons are aligned to the IB History Paper 2 standards from the IBO's 2017 and 2020 publication editions.

The following lessons focus on the various topics found on the Paper 2 Authoritarian States section within the IB History examination: Rise to Power; Ideology; Consolidation of Power; and Economic and Social Policies (Domestic Policies).

The lessons are:

1. Stalin's Rise to Power, 1924-1929 - this lesson includes various primary sources analysis and activities

2. The Great Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933 and the Holodomor Genocide - primary source activities/analysis of eyewitness testimonies from survivors of the Holodomor and released documents from the Soviet archives

3. Stalin and the first three Five-Year Plans - An Evaluation through Charts, Primary and Secondary Sources Activity (For TEXTBOOK Activity, there is a STUDENT EDITION & A TEACHER COPY WITH ANSWERS)

4. Stalin and the Cult of Personality Poster Gallery Walkthrough - 20 posters highlighting different aspects within Stalin's regime analysis activity

5. The Treatment of and Portrayal of Women in Stalin's Soviet Union - primary source activity - letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, and posters

6. The Great Terror - the Purges and Show Trials - in Stalin's Soviet Union - primary and secondary source activity (For TEXTBOOK Activity, there is a STUDENT EDITION & A TEACHER COPY WITH ANSWERS)

7. The Evolution of the Soviet Union's Foreign Policy from 1922 through 1939 primary source activity