About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR POLITICIANS AND CITIZENS TO HAVE A SHARED LANGUAGE WHEN DISCUSSING POLITICS?
Objectives: SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary source complex text and videos on ‘surviving autocracy’ toward skill building for the AP Government and Politics Exam.
Citations:
BOOKS: Gessen, Masha (2020) Surviving Autocracy. NEW YORK: Riverhead Books (Pgs. 85, 90-98, 202-204, 217-227)
Applebaum, Anne (2003) Gulag: A History. NEW YORK: Anchor Books (Pgs. 570-577)
VIDEO CLIP:
Rules For Surviving A Trump Autocracy – Masha Gessen (6:31 mins)
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rules-for-surviving-a-trump-autocracy-815712323798/
VIDEO CLIP: Anne Applebaum on Putin (1:36 mins)
https://www.youtu.be/dBGyndHghes
A.P. STANDARDS:
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-united-states-government-and-politics(2020)
