Lesson Plans on Russia and Eurasia

With permission from these teachers, we are sharing these lesson plans in the hope that they will benefit other educator who can incorporate them into their own classrooms. The lessons are grouped thematically. If you have any questions or you if would like to share your own lesson plan related to our region, please feel free to reach out to Sandra Grudic. 

• The Power of Words (Ashley MacLure)
• The Rise of the Maidan and the Fall of Lenin’s Statue (Paul Huard)

• The Code War  (Maggie Finn)
• The Outbreak of WWI (True Sweetser)
• The Next Cold War- Conflict in the Arctic (Monica Ketchum)
• The United Nations Convenes About Japanese Repatriation (Deborah Holland) 
• Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space (Megan Klein)
• Russian Revolution-Women's Role in Society (Elaine Priovolos) 
• Armenian Genocide or Necessary War Measure (Elisabeth Vento & Jaclyn Jecha)

• Exploring Cryptocurrency in Kazakhstan (Marina Outwater)

• Teaching Chernobyl  (Elizabeth Chapman)
• The Shrinking Aral Sea  (Marina Outwater)

• Acceptance and Alienation (Kyeong Kim)
• Migration (Kaitlin Moran)

• Honoring Native Experiences (Kate Smith) 
• Exploring the History of History (Eunice Bonaparte)
• Storytelling, Identity and Collective Memory (Hannah Arrington)
• Who is Comrade Student (Sharolyn Stauffer )
• Islam in Central Asia (Paul Edleman)
• Written Language as a Marker of Identity in Eurasia (Julia Fisher)
• Social Media and Identity (Sarah Sudar)
• Who Am I - Social Identity ( Phillip Moshoyannis )
• Spice of Life (Mickey Marsee)
• Exploring Identity in Modern Ukraine (Clara Webb)
• Native American Literature (Therese Bower)
• Tracking Headlines (Lauren Nelson)
• Exploring Countries in Central Asia (Rebecca Voigt)
• Power of Words (Ashley MacLure)

• Gulag: Soviet Prison Camps and Their Legacy 
• Women and Revolution : Women's Political Activism in Russia from 1905-1917
• Voices from USSR
• Art in Context: Exploring Non-Conformist Art in the Soviet Union