Soviet Union
“Hunger Was the Word I Heard Most”: Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan and Its Consequences
Discussion of teaching the Holodomor using primary sources
The Changing Role of Government Involvement in the Economy in the 1930s
Teaching how states worldwide took a more active approach to directing economic development in the 1930s
“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950
Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s
“Because of Him We Have Many Things”: Two Fun Commercials for Teaching the End of the Cold War
Discussion of two commercials related to the Cold War
“The Breath of Soviet Russia”: Teaching Soviet Industrialization and Collectivization
Discussion of images to teach Soviet industrialization
“For the Right of Every People to Govern Themselves”: Challenging Empire in 1919
Discussion of how to teach 1919 as the start of decolonization.
“To Fend for Existence in the Poorest Conditions”: Women and Decolonization in 1963
A discussion of how we can use a speech from 1963 to discuss decolonization, gender roles, feminism, and the Cold War.
“All People Oppressed by Imperialism around the World”: Competing Global Visions in the Interwar Period, 1919-1939
A discussion of how to teach the 1920s and 1930s that explores competing ideologies, including anticolonialism.
