Joseph Stalin
Content Goals: Students know about Stalin's
Role in the Second World War.
Language Goals
- Students are able to actively listen to/watch a mini documentary and answer the questions using
bottom up and Top-down listening strategies.
- Student get to know new vocabulary and know how to use them in a sentence,
- Students can express their feelings towards Stalin. (writing)
Tasks for today:
Task 1: Guessing
Task 2: Joseph Stalin Biography
Task 3: Vocabulary
Task 4: Guessed right?
Task 1: Guessing (5
minutes)
TEACHER NOTE: The idea is that students are going to guess since they do not know
anything at all about Staling. Encourage groups to discuss the answer.
In this task you are going to work in your selected groups. The idea is that you have to
discuss the following questions.Note: There is no wrong answer and you will need to use
your answers in task 3.
Discuss and answer the following questions:
- Who was Joseph Staling?
- Why was he important?
- Name one remarkable thing he had done.
- Do you think he was a nice person?
- Do you think people loved him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpc7SaTpRk0
https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=6af7f969-3b83-455f-a76a-806323a1d849
Task 2: Joseph Stalin
Biography
(30 minutes)
TEACHER NOTE: Open the youtube link first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpc7SaTpRk0 and then make sure that everyone is logged
into Kahoot. After that start the kahoot quiz together with the documentary.
Since we have not discussed anything about Joseph Stalin, you have probably just guessed
an answer at task one. We want you to know who Joseph Stalin is. Therefore, we have
selected a documentary which describes who Stalin was and what he did.
For this assignment we will work with a program called Kahoot.
Activity 1: Take out your smartphones and download the App Kahoot (if you have not done
so).
Activity 2: Click here to see the website. Open the App on your
smartphones (or laptops) and log in using the code 523142
Activity 3: Before we start take a look at the questions.
Check next page for the questions!
Activity 4: In class: Start watching the documentary and in the meantime answer the questions
on Kahoot. Click here for the link to the documentary.
The answers are as follows:
1.
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20 million
When his wife died
They were thrown out of the train
They were killed
The real genius of political terror
June 22nd, 1941
No
65%
They were arrested/killed
He suffered a stroke
Staling would never have to account for his crimes
27 million
Task3: Vocabulary (10
minutes)
TEACHER NOTE: encourage your students to work together on this activity. Give each group the
pictures and let them match each word to a picture. Afterwards ask them to create a sentence
with that word. Walk around the class to make sure that the sentences are correct, give feedback
when necessary.
You have just watched a documentary about Joseph Stalin. Some new vocabulary that you have
not encountered yet has been used within this video. In your selected groups, your task is to
match these new words with the right picture. After you have matched all words, use each word in
a sentence.
Activity:
Choose a word --> Match it to the correct picture --> Create a sentence using that word.
Answers:
1. Childhood: C
2. Extermination: G
3. Mysterious: D
4. Paranoid: I
5. Statue: J
6. Caricaturist: A
7. Collectivization: B
8. Confusion: H
9. Industrialization E
10.Persecution: F
Task 4: Guessed right? (15
minutes)
TEACHER NOTE: Make sure that you accomplish your language and content goals with this last
activity. Students should explain Stalin’s role in the second world war and should clearly explain
who Joseph Stalin was. They have to use 5 of the 10 words in their story. Walk around the class
In task 1 you were asked to answer some questions based on Joseph Stalin. How many
questions did you answer correctly?
What was completely new to you and what do you consider remarkable? Were you shocked
when you heard about what he had done? What was his role in the Second World War?
Last but not least. The documentary is named "The most evil man in History". Do you think this is
a suitable name?
Explain your answers using at least 100 words and include at least 5 of the new words that were
mentioned today.