Skills focus: Source analysis (SA); Interpretations (I); Causation
(C); Change & continuity (Ch); Research & communication(R) ;
Significance (Sig); Chronology (Chron)
AS Unit 1, Russia 1881-1953
Term 1
Making of
Revolution
Russia before
1881 – who
was the
greatest
Tsar? (R)
(Sig)
(Chron)
Term 2
Bolshevik
Triumph
Did the
Provisional
Government
face an
impossible
task?
Russia before
1881 – the
challenges
facing
Russian
leaders
How far did
Alexander III
bring political
and social
change to
Russia? (C)
How well
equipped was
Tsar Nicholas
II to rule?
What impact
did Lenin’s
return have?
What was
the impact of
the July Days
on the
Provisional
Government?
How did the
Bolsheviks
manage to
seize power?
(Sig)
What impact
did Witte’s
policies have
on Russia?
(Sig)
What were the
differences
between the
main political
parties?
What were
the
consequences
of the 1905
Revolution?
Were the
Dumas a
success or a
failure?
What
impact did
WWI have
on Russia?
Why was the
Tsar forced to
abdicate? (C)
Assessment
FREE CHOICE
How far had
Russia
changed
between 1917
and 1924?
Assessment
FREE CHOICE
(Sig)
(Sig)
How did the
Bolsheviks
consolidate
power?
Why did the
Bolsheviks win
the Civil War?
(C)
How
successful
was War
Communism?
(C)
What effect
did the NEP
have on
Russian
society?
Why did
Lenin
create the
USSR?
(Sig)
(Ch) (Chron)
(Sig)
Term 3
Rise of Stalin
Term 4
Totalitarian
state
Term 5
Revision
Term 6
Introduction to
Unit 3 Cold War
& Unit 4 Crime
& Punishment
Review of
Learning
(Chron)
Why did
Stalin launch
the Great
Terror?
Who were
the key
contenders
for
leadership of
the
Communist
Party? (R)
Why was the
Communist
Party
ideologically
divided
during the
1920s? (C)
Why did
Stalin emerge
as leader of
the USSR?
Why did the
Great Terror
escalate in
1936-8? (C)
How did the
Great Terror
change
Russian
society? (C)
How did
Stalin’s Terror
change over
time? (C)
Why did the
Soviet Union
need to
change?
How successful
was
Collectivisation?
(C)
Why did
Stalin
introduce the
Five-Year
plans? (C)
How
successful
were the
Five-Year
Plans?
In what
ways did
education
change
under
Stalin?
In what ways
did family life
change under
Stalin? (R)
Assessment
FREE CHOICE
(Ch)
(Ch)
How were the
arts used to
control
ordinary
Russians?
Research &
presentations
on the arts
under Stalin(R)
Why did
Stalin take
Russia into
war? (C)
What was
the impact
of WWII on
ordinary
Russians?
How did
Russia win
in WWII?
(Sig)
In what ways
had Stalin
transformed
Russia by
1953? (Ch)
Assessment
FREE CHOICE
(Sig) (Chron)
Make sure
students
have a
revision
guide,
planner & full
set of notes
Produce
plans of
previous
questions
Produce
plans of
previous
questions
Timed essay
practice
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
Revision
Overview of
Cold War
unit
Overview of
Crime &
Punishment
coursework
Skills work,
key words
Skills work,
chronology
Skills work,
Research skills,
e.g. through
web quest
Skills work,
note-taking
skills
Group task,
e.g. James
Bond scene
Group task,
e.g.
presentation
on Crime &
Punishment
factor over
time
Museum
visit, e.g.
Cold War
Museums
Museum visit,
e.g. Kent
Police
Museum
FREE CHOICE
FREE CHOICE