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The rise of Stalin: Where does history come from?
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Editor's introduction
This exercise is based on an issue which
I find very interesting:
- Why do we think Cromwell was harsh?
- Why do we think Haig was a butcher?
- Why do we think Stalin was stupid?
The aim of this investigation is to examine existing
interpretations,
- test the evidence on which they are based
- consider how reputations in history are made.
In the process, students should develop useful insights
to serve them well in those examination essays.
Finally, the email talkboard activity will enable students
from all over the globe to come together through History
Online.
Activity List:
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The Rise of Stalin: Where does history come
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Source 1: Stalin holding a young Soviet citizen,
Gelya Markizova, aged 6, in 1935. |
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Source 2: The Preface from Stalin, the
Rise of the Beast |
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Source 3: And then there was one...
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Source 4: Extracts from Lenin's political
testament commenting on Stalin. |
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Source 5: Extract from Trotsky's Memoirs,
commenting on support for Stalin. |
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Source 6: Extract from European History
1848-1945 by TA Morris |
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