About This Lesson
Essential Question:
HOW HAS THE PROMISE OF CAPITALISM PLAYED OUT AFTER THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION?
Objective: To have students analyze and evaluate the realities of the transition from Communism to Capitalism after the fall of the former Soviet Union.
Citations: Alexievich, S. (2016) Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets. New York: Random House (Pgs. xi-xiv, 41-77, 248-281, 337-349, 434-453)
Communism, Socialism and Capitalism Reading
http://www.ushistory.org/gov/13b.asp
Book Review: In ‘Secondhand Time’, Voices From a Lost Russia
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/books/review-in-secondhand-time-voice-from-a-lost-russia
