Planning for Assessment
major figures in history:
− Mussolini
− Roosevelt
− Hitler (Mein Kampf fulltext)
− Stalin
They will need to know the following
information:
− background
− primary written works
Resources
Death of the Father: An Anthropology of Ends in Political Authority
Anthropologists and
artists explore the questions behind sovereign power and the body of
the despot. In particular, they examine the symbolisation of the
'father' that supported six famous dictators, and the repercussions of
their death to the national imaginary. The regimes of Fascist Italy,
Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and the State Socialist systems of East
Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Soviet Union are addressed in
order to achieve this end.
Italian Life Under Fascism comprises a collection of photographic images, posters, propaganda and pamphlets relating to Italian fascism from 1922-1945. Issues covered include: the rise of Mussolini; Italian foreign policy during the Second World War; fascist propaganda; fascist youth organisations; the relationship between women and fascism and information distributed by opposition groups.
Joseph Stalin provides biographical information and photographs, a few documentary video clips and texts of Stalin's speeches and some of his speeches in Real Audio. The sites provides texts of Stalin's speeches on Lenin, such as "On the Death of Lenin", "Stalin's Letter to Rabochaia Gazeta" and others.
Joseph Stalin Reference Archive 1879-1953 is part of the Marxist Internet Archive, including works relating to the Russian Revolution, Marxist political theory and the growth of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. Reference is also made to his opinions of Trotsky and Lenin. Other features of the site are a biography of Stalin and photographs.
