Was the human cost of the Five-Year Plans worth the economic gain? Explain your answer with reference to the source and source 1 on p. 278 of your textbook.
Collectivisation
Your task is to design a poster and slogan encouraging peasants and kulaks to embrace collectivisation.
Your poster should include the
following: ● ● A catchy slogan. ● ● A suitable image (study the posters throughout this chapter for inspiration as to what Soviet posters from this era looked like).
● ● An explanation of what collectivisation is.
● ● An explanation as to how collectivisation benefits the country.
● ● Why citizens should embrace collectivisation.
● ● The consequences for those who don’t embrace it.
Appraising Stalin
Stalin ruled Soviet Russia for over 30 years, but how successful was his reign?
Place each of the items listed into either the ‘success’, ‘not sure’ or ‘failure’ column on the next page.