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What were collective farms like and how were they intended to meet the needs of the five-year plans?

How successful were they?

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PowerPoint on collectivisation and the five-year plans

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PowerPoint on collectivisation and the five-year plans

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Under Stalin, the economy of Russia was dramatically transformed.

How did the collectivisation of agriculture and the five-year plans for industry help to rapidly industrialise the USSR?

What were the consequences of these policies?

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Video - summary of economic changes under Stalin (and their consequences

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Video - summary of economic changes under Stalin (and their consequences

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5 Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia

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This video uses Magnitogorsk as a case study of the rapid changes that occurred in industry under the five -year plans.

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five-year plans for the national economy of the soviet union

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USSR Industrialisation and the Five Year Plans under Stalin

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Extract from a drama-documentary using Magnetogorsk as an example of Stalin's wider 5 Year Plans.

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Deepen your knowledge
Will provide you with a deeper understanding of the historical context.

Prepare you for source questions
Will allow you to familiarise yourself with the work of historians - therefore preparing you for the source-based question in your exam.

Allow you to craft stronger written arguments
Reading complicated texts will develop your vocabulary as well as improve your academic writing skills and how to structure an argument .

Prepare you for university study.

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Techniques for breaking down complicated texts: chunking, annotating and paraphrasing.

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Techniques for breaking down complicated texts: chunking, annotating and paraphrasing.

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Chunking means to break down a longer pieces of text into smaller sections or paragraphs.

Within each section or paragraph it is then necessary to read carefully and highlight the main argument or idea being made by the author. (It may also be necessary to highlight any word, idea, place person or event you do not understand.)

Annotating means to make notes at the side of the page or in the margins. Here it is necessary to paraphrase the main argument you have highlighted in this section of the text. Paraphrasing means you summarise, briefly, in your own words.

By annotating and paraphrasing within each section you are able to more easily break down a long piece of text. Also, you can keep track of what you read and easily 'revisit' each section.

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Robert Service. A History of Twentieth Century Russia

Geoffrey Hosking. A HIstory of the Soviet Union.

Geoffrey Hosking. Russia and the Russians

J.N. Westwood. Endurance and Endeavour: Russian History 1812-1992

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Example of annotating page 169 of Robert Service.

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Example of annotating page 169 of Robert Service.

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Main arguments and key terms from each paragraph ('chunk')have been highlighted in the text.

This has then be paraphrased in the margins.

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These notes have been written purely from reading the annotations
made in the margins of the book by Robert Service