Transcript The Kulak`s Daughter

The Kulak’s Daughter
Setting & Historical Background
Dictatorships
• 1933-1945: Adolf Hitler & Nazis, killed 6
million Jews, invaded many nations in an
attempt to take over the world
• present-day Afghanistan: Taliban wants
everybody to believe and do the same thing.
• Joseph Stalin was a dictator in the Soviet
Union
Setting
Communism
• a kind of government in which the state is in
control of every aspect of people’s lives
• all property is publicly owned; no private
property
• people work and are paid based on their
abilities
• all religions are forbidden
Joseph Stalin
• leader of the Communist
Party in the Soviet Union
(Russia) from 1922-1953
• ruthless dictator whose
policies caused millions to
starve and die
• ordered political prisoners to
work in camps called the
Gulag
5-Year Plans
• Stalin wanted Russia to industrialize more
quickly to match what other nations were
doing
• beginning in 1928, he made several 5-year
plans to boost production of energy (coal, oil,
and heavy machinery
• part of the plan was to push kulaks off their
land and make giant collective farms that
would produce more food
Agriculture
• collectivization of individual farms into large
state farms was one outcome of the 5-year
plan
• Stalin believed the collective farms would
produce more food to feed workers and pay
for new machinery
Kulaks
• the kulaks work in the factories or Gulag
• 1 million kulak households (5 million people)
were deported and never heard from again.
• in 1932-33 a famine hit the Soviet Union
because of the disruption caused by Stalin’s
policies
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GULAG
• the word “Gulag” refers to a system of work
camps where political prisoners of the Soviet
Union were forced to work in terrible
conditions for free
• workers in these camps dug canals, built
cabins, mined for coal in terrible conditions
Propaganda
• “propaganda” is misleading information used
to promote a political point of view
• propaganda can range from a slight bending
of the truth to an obvious lie
How is it Used?
• propaganda is used by political parties during
elections to persuade the public to vote for
them
• propaganda is used during wars, when each
side is trying to portray the other the enemy or
party not to be trusted
• the Communists used many propaganda
techniques to convince the people that they
were the party that would save the Soviet
Union
Propaganda Messages
• large collectives will be more efficient than
small farms cultivated by kulaks
• spying on your neighbour is good for the
country
• if you follow our ideas, the Soviet Union will
become a prosperous nation
• hard work will make you a better person and
build a stronger Soviet Union
Alexei Stakhanov
• was hailed a national hero by the Communists
• mined 14 times the regular amount in one shift
• he toured the Soviet Union to inspire others to
work harder
• people who worked hard and produced a lot
were called Stakhanovites
• Respond in Writing: Do you think Stakhanov
is a hero? Why or why not?
Examples of Propaganda
• Canadian
• German
• American
• Russian
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tentacles around England, Russia, the
United States, and China.
The caption: "His way to 'liberate' Europe." As
the war neared its end, German propaganda
presented increasingly grim portraits of the