This document provides an overview of the A2 History course, which includes one examined unit on The Making of Modern Britain from 1951-2007 and one coursework unit involving independent research and an extended essay on Russia from 1900-2000. It also previews some course content on Russian leaders, society, and government over time.

1. Welcome to A2 History

3. Russian leaders card sort Cut out the leaders’ pictures and put them in chronological order. Then name them using this list: Lenin, Andropov, Gorbachev, Nicholas II, Khrushchev, Stalin, Chernenko, Yeltsin, Brezhnev,

4. Russian leaders card sort

5. The People of Russia Hello, I am Alexander. We are going to compare the peoples.

8. The Peasantry c.1900In pairs write 5 words which describe a peasant’s life

9. The Urban Workers c.1985In pairs write 5 words which describe a worker’s life

10. The Aristocracy c.1900In pairs write 5 words which describe an aristocrat’s life

11. The ‘Oligarchs’ c.2000In pairs write 5 words which describe an oligarch’s life Do you like my yacht people?

12. Chose one type of person and write a Facebook profile for them About me: I am a Russian peasant called Yuri. I mostly drink vodka and shout at my goat. I work on common land owned by the mir growing potatoes, growing wheat and growing old.

13. The Peasantry c.1900Context

15. They slogged all day on their own land then had to work on the land owned by the nobility.

16. Most were poor, illiterate and uneducated.

18. If the harvest was good then life was ok.

19. However, if the harvest was bad starvation would soon follow.

21. Many peasants lived in squalor and a state of drunkenness.

24. Few of the aristocracy spent much time on their estates.

26. But their appointment was based on status rather than talent.

28. The Winter Palace

30. What problems governing Russia might the Tsar have? No sea route Ur a l s Pretty nippy, -40°C Single track railway

32. Russia compared to the USSR The Emperor of all the Russias is an autocratic and unlimited monarch: God himself ordains that all must bow to his supreme power, not only out of fear but also out of conscience In the USSR all power belongs to the working people of town and country as represented by the Soviets of Working People's Deputies

34. Identify 3 similarities in the nature of Russian government across the period

35. Identify 3 changes in the nature of Russian government across the period

36. Which two leaders are the most similar?

37. Which two leaders are the most different?