GULAG Webquest



GULAG Webquest

Use the following website to answer questions 1-7 . You will need to navigate all of the pages within this website to answer the questions. Be thorough in your answers!

1. What does GULAG stand for (in English)?

2. Where were Gulags located?

3. Describe the work in the Gulag.

4. Explain the White Sea-Baltic Sea canal. What does it have to do with Gulags?

5. How were women treated in the Gulags?

6. Describe a prisoner’s life in the Gulag.

7. Describe the “Typical Day at Camp” schedule for Perm-36 Camp. What is missing from this schedule?

Use the following website to answer questions 8-11: .

8. About how much living space did each Gulag prisoner have?

9. What role did Vladmir Lenin have in the Gulag system?

10. Why did Soviet authorities cease using the term “concentration camp” to describe the Gulag system?

11. What changes did WWII bring about to the Gulag system and its goals?

Go to Mrs. Nier’s website to answer question 12.

12. Locate the GULAG Biographical Sketches featured on my World History website. Each is the true story of an individual who was sentenced to a GULAG. Select one to read. Write a brief summary of your individual’s case including: Name, crime committed, treatment after arrest, GULAG location and his/her experience there, including the outcome.

Extra Credit Opportunity:

Complete one of the following virtual tours:

(video game design) OR (virtual map w/ actual picture)

Visit the following locations and briefly summarize what you learned at each

• Main Gate

• Administrative Building

• Barracks

• Dining Hall

• Solitary Cell

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