Monday- Warm Up
Log on to Google Classroom
Open up the assignment titled World War II
Writing Assignment
Review the requirements for this assignment
and Scenario #1
This assignment will replace our Article of the
Week for the next few weeks
RAFT Writing
During our unit about WWII, you will not be assigned AOW’s. Instead, you will
complete a RAFT writing assignment each week.
Role
Your role as the writer - this is the perspective from which you
will write.
Audience
Your intended audience for your writing
Format
The kind of writing you will do - letter, journal, speech, article, etc.
Topic
The focus of the writing.
WWII RAFT Writing - Week 1
Complete your RAFT writing assignment in Google Classroom by Friday. Keep in
mind all aspects of RAFT. Your writing should appropriately reflect the role,
format, audience, and topic, as well as convey your historical knowledge.
Role
German Newspaper Reporter
Audience
German Citizens
Format
Newspaper Article
Topic
Write an article for or against the rise of Hitler in
Germany. Use specific examples of historical
events
Rise of Joseph Stalin
● Take out a copy of today’s reading from the folder at your
table.
● On the side with the reading, label your paragraphs 1 to 5.
● After we read each paragraph, underline the information in
the text that explains Stalin’s leadership qualities.
● As we read, highlight and define unknown vocabulary
words.
● Summarize: Predict what kind of leader you think Stalin will
become for Russia.
Stalin’s Connection to the Russian Revolution
What connections do you see in the timeline of Joseph Stalin’s Early
Life?
Stalin is named the
Joseph Stalin, is
born in the
village of Gori in
Georgia.
Dec. 21
1879
Stalin is arrested
for organizing
strikes against
an oil refinery.
Stalin enrolls in
Gori Church
School.
Fall
1888
April 18
1902
Stalin joins the
Bolsheviks.
Dec.
1903
General Secretary of
the Communist Party.
Stalin gets
married.
July
1906
Lenin appoints
Stalin Commissar
of Nationalities.
Nov.
1917
The first of
Stalin's Five-Year
Plans begins.
1922
1928
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Joseph Stalin was a Russian dictator in the 20th
century. He was responsible for leading the Soviet
Union through World War II and into the Cold War
with the United States. He was also responsible for
the deaths of millions of Russians through purges
and decisions that led to mass starvation.
Stalin’s Early Life
He was born in Georgia. The area was characterized by gang
wars and street brawls.
He
organized bank robberies,
arms deals, and assassination
attempts and put in prison in
1908.
He was again arrested in 1911
and exiled.
He created Pravda in 1912. It was a
Are these leadership qualities you
Bolshevik newspaper. He was caught andwant for your country's leader?
again exiled.
¯During
the Russian Civil War, Stalin was put in the Politburo (the executive
committee for the Communist Party). He opposed many of Leon Trotsky’s
policies (Trotsky was a Bolshevik Revolutionary and Marxist Theorist).
¯He
was sent to Tsaristyn where he ordered the killings of former tsarist
military leaders and counter-revolutionaries and burned villages to intimidate
peasants.
¯In
1919, to stem mass desertions on the Western front, he had deserters
and renegades publicly executed executed.
Let’s find out more about what Stalin did for
the USSR
In the folder at your desk, take out a handout for the “Rise of
Joseph Stalin”
Using the blendspace “Joseph Stalin” explore through links
and video clips and answer the questions about Joseph
Stalin and his plan for the USSR.
When you are finished, the handout should be glued into your
notebook on page 79
Exit Tix:
1. Joseph Stalin was the leader of which country:
A.Germany
B.Poland
C.Italy
D.Soviet Union
2. What is collectivization?
A.The leader of country makes all the decisions
B.Only the head of the family is responsible for decisions