Teaching resource about Russia
While preparing a blog entry about Russian airline companies, I came across Russia Profile online.Russia Profile is "an English-language information service offering expert analysis of Russian politics, economics, society and culture. It consists of a website and magazine."
The web site offers opportunities for you to create mini-research projects for students if online research is a possibility.
Russia Profile says its web site offers
- In-depth coverage of topical issues, updated daily
- Comments from their Weekly Experts’ Panel
- Facts and Figures in their Resources Section
- Global Russia Calendar of Events
The sections of the site, probably like the sections of the magazine, are Politics, Business, International, Culture and Living, and a blog.
The "Resources" section of the web site is most promising. It includes profiles of Russia's regions, economic sectors, political parties and movements, the structure of the national government, think tanks and NGOs, as well as a "Who's Who" section identifying important actors in politics, government, and the economy.
Ideas for teaching:
- Assign each student to present to the class a thumbnail biography of a member of the government. In a follow up discussion or a writing assignment, ask students to make generalizations about political recruitment.
- Follow that with profiles of business executives. Are their routes to power and wealth different from the politicians' routes to power?
- How consolidated and integrated is big business in Russia?
- What role do sub-national governments play in Russia?
- Are there any significant "Political Parties and Movements" besides United Russia and the Communists?
Your teaching imagination is probably even better than mine. Share with us your ideas. Use the Comment section below.
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:16 AM
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