Recording sheet

Stage 3: Assess the results

Some of these statements are about successes, some are about failures and some are about the costs of collectivisation or industrialisation.

•	The USSR could defend itself in World War 2.
•	Millions of kulaks died.
•	Many useful public works were built.
•	Peasants who became factory workers didn’t know how to use new equipment.
•	The countryside was 75% collectivised.
•	The USSR became the second most powerful nation in the world.
•	There was famine in 1932-33.
•	Millions of political prisoners went to labour camps.
•	The output of heavy industry rose.
•	There were very few consumer goods for people to buy.
•	Agricultural output initially decreased.
•	People worked under strict discipline. 

1.	Identify which are costs, which are failures and which are successes. Sort the statements into the correct columns on the recording sheet below. (If working on a computer, use ‘cut’ and ‘paste’ to move statements from above into the table below.) 
2.	What sources from case study 3 give evidence to support your choice? Note these in the relevant column on the recording sheet.
3.	Are there any more points that you can add to the ones we’ve listed? Add at least 3.
4.	Which policy do you think was more successful: collectivisation or industrialisation?

Industrialisation	Collectivisation	
Costs

	Costs	
Successes

	Successes	
Failures

	Failures