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This fully resourced lesson forms part of a complete Edexcel 9–1 GCSE scheme of work on Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–41. It is the seventh lesson in Key Topic 2, focusing on the nature, impact and consequences of War Communism from 1918–21. No textbook is required — all necessary resources and tasks are embedded within the PowerPoint.

Lesson Focus:
Students are guided through the economic policies of War Communism, the reasons it was introduced, and its impact on different groups in Russia. Tasks include definitions, group-based empathy activities, structured table analysis, extended written judgement, and a source skills inference question. The lesson concludes with a high-level plenary and revision material on the overall failure of War Communism.

What’s Included:

Fully resourced lesson PowerPoint (editable)

Recall and review activities

Group analysis tasks

Exam-style source inference question

Structured extended writing task with sentence scaffolds

Revision prompts and plenary activities

Curriculum Fit:
Edexcel GCSE History 9–1
Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41
Key Topic 2: The Bolsheviks in Power

Other Lessons Available:
This is part of a complete, textbook-free scheme for the Russia and the Soviet Union GCSE. Other Key Topic 2 lessons are available to purchase separately in the same format and structure, covering all required content.