Russian+Revolution

EQ: What were the political, economic and social causes of the Russian Revolution?
 * Day One**:

Agenda: The Last Czar with viewing guide for notes. Context and causes of Russian Revolution

EQ: How did political, economic and social factors impact the course of events in the Russian Revolution?
 * Day Two:**

__**Agenda:**__

1. Quote Sheet -- Pick 3 discuss in groups and then as whole class. 2. Questions 1-6 - any questions or confusions? Which question are you most comfortable with? The Least? Discuss in groups - offer clarity as necessary

3. Create a three point thesis statement that answers the EQ for Day One. Share in small groups - each group pick one. Read aloud and evaluate common themes.

2. Look at quote #12. Do you agree? Discuss in group -- assign #1-10 for amount of blame (or create pie chart). Discuss as class. (made a pie chart assigning blame in period 6 and had the kids put them up on the board -- liked this better than 1-10)

EQ: Evaluate the strategies did Lenin use to seize and maintain power?
 * Day Three (same groups as day 2)**

Agenda

1. Questions 7-12. Clarification. 2. Lenin DBQ analyze and share - count off ABCD Share note dates, share money lines, answers to questions, methods and effectiveness of Lenin 3. Was Lenin good for Russia? Give him a grade for: Methods Effectiveness Helping Russia

__**Day Four: Totalitarianism**__ EQ: What are the characteristics of totalitarian government? Summarizer Activity (can't do them all and present in one period)

EQ: What methods and strategies did Stalin use to industrialize Russia? To what extent were they successful/ justifiable? 1. finish presentations 2. 6 word stories or apples to apples for four terms: collectivization, five year plans, command economy, purge trials 3. Share back and use it as framework for discussing Stalin's economic program -- industrialism -- but not on the capitalist agenda 4. Read collectivization and analyze 5. Read Stalin speech and analyze.
 * Day Five**

Day Six out -- left DBQ Day Seven Pass back WWI tests DBQ outlines due Read intro paragraphs for context Pros and Cons of Stalins rule Alternatives for Russia grades for Stalin

BIG PAPER -SMALL GROUP 1. What causes the initial revolt against the Czar? What are the political, economic and social causes? 3. What reforms and choices does the the moderate Provisional government make? What guides these choice and why is it ultimately a failure? 3. Why are the Bosheviks successful in overthrowing the Provisional Government? What does communism offer that capitalist democracy does not? 4.What are the foreign and domestic threats to the Bolshevik Revolution? What steps does Lenin take to meet these threats?

[|Oktober - Sergei Eisenstein] as an example of propaganda.



Homework: Sourcebook documents 202-205.(Lenin). Read answer questions 3 and 4 on 238 using specific evidence from the sources. Also What additional information from the documents could be used to support Steps 1-5 Craine Britton's theory.

Day Three:

EQ: 1.Why did the Russian people chose communism over democracy? 2. What steps did Lenin take to preserve the Bolshevik Revolution? Sourcebook Document - Assign each student a document 1-4 1. Create a thesis based on the author's point of view. 2. Critically assess what author is saying within the historical context? How do his ideas perpetuate or suspend the ideological beliefs of the time? (5 sentences minimum) 3. Using the ideologies of the time and your modern perspective write a response to the author. Be sure to incorporate understanding of the time period and vocabulary. (5 sentences)

Share in groups by Document. 1. What evidence does your document provide to argue that Communism is a better choice for the Russian people than Democracy? 2. Based on the information in your documents, what challenges must be met to be able to establish this new government?

Homework: Read and Take notes on 14.2

Day 3 - continuation of Day 2

14.2 CHECKIN JigSaw Out - regroup one person from each document Share out Doc 1,2,3,or 4. Create chart in groups:


 * || method || how justified || + || - ||
 * Doc A ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Doc B ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Doc C ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Doc D ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Use mini DBQ based on 4 documents to practice DBQ skills and write a paragraph integrating documents and quotes.

What is a Soviet anyway????

Soviet is the Russian word for council or assembly that was first applied to the workers' councils that arose in czarist Russia during the Russian Revolution of 1905. They became increasingly powerful in 1917 as the Provisional Government weakened. In the Russian Revolution of 1917, Vladimir Lenin toppled the Provisional Government and seized power in the name of the soviets, which by then were a combination of self-government workers' councils, strike committees, and debate societies. In the Soviet Union, soviet was the formal title for more than 50,000 local and regional legislative bodies, the parliaments of the 15 union-republics, and the national parliament, the Supreme Soviet. The soviets functioned mainly as instruments of public legitimacy for Communist Party decisions, which were transmitted to the soviets for formal legislative approval.

MLA Citation "soviet." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2013

Day 4

[|Stalin's Daughter]

EQ: 1. What strategies does Stalin use to gain and hold power in the Soviet Union? 2. Is Stalin's rule a continuation of or departure from the communist revolution initiated by Lenin?

Watch movie and take notes in response to the EQs.

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Homework: Sourcebook pages 205-210 answer question 5 on page 239 using specific evidence from the sources.

Day 5: The Stalin Docs from Sourcebook - EQS 1. To what extent and in what ways is Stalin's rule a continuation of the the communist revolution initiated by Lenin? 2. How do Stalin's methods of governance align with the totalitarian model? Agenda:

Housekeeping • First lunch tomorrow

•DBQ paragraphs, •DBQ Essay - focus on Stalin - 9 documents - answering ?s is optional, outline is not

Agenda 1. Use information from homework sources create a thesis statement in response to EQs 2. Share thesis statements -- feedback 3. Work with documents - share telling quotes - discuss 4. How does Stalin's government represent the model of totalitarianism?

Day 6: In class DBQ essay on Russian Revolution through Stalin -