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Totalitarian Simulation. Mr. Tran. Get into your colored table. RED TABLE GREEN TABLE BLUE TABLE YELLOW TABLE PURPLE TABLE BLACK TABLE. Standard 11.7.2.
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Totalitarian Simulation Mr. Tran
Get into your colored table. • RED TABLE • GREEN TABLE • BLUE TABLE • YELLOW TABLE • PURPLE TABLE • BLACK TABLE
Standard 11.7.2 • 2. Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
Anticipatory Set Think/Pair/Share: What is totalitarianism? Examples include…
Objective • Students will be able to understand what life would be like under a totalitarian regime by simulating it. Students will analyze their understanding of the simulation by asking a series of questions
THE SIMULATION STARTS NOW. • Throughout the course of this “simulation”, you will experience what life will be like living in a totalitarian state.
Assigned Role • Roles are ***SECRET***. DO NOT SHOW ANYBODY YOUR CARD.
I AM YOUR SUPREME LEADER. • I control everything you do. I am the leader behind everything. You must do everything I say during the course of this activity to get credit for the day.
ENVELOPES • Examine the following pictures inside the envelope. Write down with your colored team the answers to the following questions: • Who is this? • What is my opinion of this person? • What are these pictures examples of? THE BEST ANSWERS WILL GET PRIZES.
WORK • It is time to work. Winning team will get amazing prizes from the Supreme Leader. • THE ASSIGNMENT: Write a poem or song in dedication of the Supreme Leader. Do it now with your group.
ELECTIONS • It is now time to vote for a new Supreme Leader. You will each get a ballot and place your vote accordingly in secret.
The winner is… • SUPREME LEADER Tran has been re-elected for the 5th time.
TRAITORS • There is a traitor within your group. Discuss for the next five minutes you think it is. Vote on who you think it is.
Secret Police • I would like the secret police in each group to now escort the traitor to me, where they will stand trial for their crimes.
THE TRIAL • I will choose whether to sentence people to • DEATH • The Gulag (permanent workcamps) • Back to their homes (innocent).
Student Engagement • Answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper • 1. How does it feel living in a totalitarian state? • 2. Would things be as obvious to you if your opinions were being controlled (through propaganda, etc.)? • 3. What did you learn from the activity? • 4. How did it feel voting in a rigged election and choosing a traitor from your own group? FINISH EARLY: Complete rest of Packet.