The Collapse of the Soviet Union – 19.3
Part 1: Creating a Timeline:
Read pages 612-617. As you read, create a basic timeline chronicling at least 12 major events, people, or policies
that took place in the Soviet Union that led to its breakup. You will be listing those across the top of your page in a
normal timeline style labeling the general date and title. Use Google Drawings to do this. Login through
https://myplan.powayusd.com to access your Google account. Here is the link to the template you can use to help
you get started. You first have to “save a copy” of this file so you can edit it. Once you are done with your timeline,
you will need to export it from Google Drawings as a .jpeg (which is an image file) – Go to File/Dowload as…/.jpeg.
You will need this timeline for the next part of the assignment.
Politburo – Leonid
Brezhnev
1982 - Gorbachev
Part 2: Creating the Google Doc:
Create a new Google Doc for this main part of the assignment. Once you have your timeline complete and
exported as a .jpeg, then you can insert it at the top of your Google Doc – Watch this video to learn how.
Part 3: The Rest of the Google Doc
Below your timeline, each event, person, or policy should have a picture associated with it, a title and a summary of
that event. Your summaries should be 3 to 4 sentences in length with good detail.
Politburo and Brezhnev
The ruling party committee of the communist party and their premier, Brezhnev, ruled the Soviet
Union with an iron fist. They……
1982 – Gorbachev
After the death of Brezhnev……
Part 4: Submitting your timeline
Submit your assignment to MyConnect.
Part 5: Videos
We will also be watching a series of videos that discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Videos can be found
here: Fall of USSR video - parts 1, 2, and 3
The Domino Effect – The effect of the collapse of the Soviet Union on the rest
of the world
The world is interconnected. When something major happens to one country, especially a superpower like the
Soviet Union, then it has an effect on all of the smaller countries that relied on that larger country for support.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, the whole world was affected by it, but those countries closely tied to the Soviet
Union were hit the hardest.
Your job is to research the Effect of the Collapse of the Soviet Union on many of its smaller partners. Below is a list
of smaller countries that were directly related to the Soviet Union. Choose 3 of them:
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Eastern Europe
North Korea
North Vietnam
Cuba
Iran
Afghanistan
Germany
Describe how those countries were affected by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Write your answers in an
annotated bibliography. The format for an annotated bibliography is as follows:
Annotated Bibliography
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MLA Citation:
Validity of the Source (Discuss why this is a valid source – Credibility of the author, type of website hosting
the webpage, etc.):
Answer to the Question:
Process for creating the annotated bibliography
How to Setup and create the Annotated Bibliography - https://youtu.be/RRGUf-y5NhE
1. Do a search on the internet to locate a web page/article that might answer your question.
2. Check the article/web page for validity
a. Read the article to see if the information contained therein actually answers the question.
b. If it does not, try the next web page/article.
c. If it does, then input its information into Noodletools or another bibliography tool so that it can
help you format the resource’s information in proper MLA format. These videos can help you use
Noodletools to create your entire annotated bibliography.
d. Then write about the validity of the web page/article discussing why it is a reliable source of
information.
You should be looking at:
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The credentials of the author
The legitimacy of the website (it is an educational website, from a historical society, etc.)
How recent is the information
3. Then write a paragraph answering the question of how the collapse of the Soviet Union affected that part
of the world. Be thorough in your explanation and write in your own words. Do not simply copy and paste
from the article.
4. Follow this process for all of your entries.
5. Once you are finished, format and export your annotated Bibliography to a Word or Google Document into
your Google Drive.
How to export and format your Annotated Bib - https://youtu.be/YtVnan35bj0
6. Final Step, submit your annotated bibliography through MyConnect