1. How did the Bolsheviks achieve and consolidate power?

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Lesson Objectives
To analyse how the Bolsheviks consolidated their power from 1917-1924

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.

2. Who were the contenders in the leadership struggle?

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Lesson Objectives
To identify the contenders in the power struggle after Lenin’s death

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.​
2. Download and complete the activities on this worksheet, analysing the contenders in the power struggle after Lenin's death.

3. What were the main issues in the leadership struggle?

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Lesson Objectives
To identify and understand the key debates over government policy that lay behind the power struggle

​Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.​
2. Complete this worksheet on the issues in the leadership struggle.

4. How and why did Stalin become Party leader?

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Lesson Objectives
To identify the historiography about Stalin’s rise to power

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.​
2. Complete this worksheet on why Stalin became leader.

5. Essay - Why did Stalin emerge as leader of the USSR in 1929?

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Lesson Objectives
To plan and draft an essay on the above enquiry question

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and follow the instructions from the Lesson PowerPoint.​​
2. Click here to download the evidence cards needed for the PPT activity.
3. Complete this essay research grid to help prepare for the essay.