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The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution. Mr. Tran. CA Standard 7.1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g.. The Gulag). Objective.

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The Russian Revolution

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  1. The Russian Revolution Mr. Tran

  2. CA Standard 7.1 • Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g.. The Gulag).

  3. Objective • Students will be able to analyze the significant events preceding the Russian Revolution through the creation of a movie storyboard.

  4. Anticipatory Set • Packet 1: The Russian Revolution • “What People Think I Do” Meme (6 points) • Letter to the Czar (6 points) • Russian Revolution Guided Notes 3 (3 points) • Russian Revolution Guided Notes 4-5 (5 points) • Reading Study Guide 14.1 (4 points) • Total /24 Points • PACKETS DUE MONDAY

  5. Conditions • • Widespread suffering under autocracy—a form of government in which one person, in this case the czar, has absolute power • • Weak leadership of Czar Nicholas II—clung to autocracy despite changing times • • Poor working conditions, low wages, and hazards of industrialization • • New revolutionary movements that believed a worker-run government should replace czarist rule • • Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1905), which led to rising unrest • • Bloody Sunday, the massacre of unarmed protestors outside the palace, in 1905 • • Devastation of World War I—high casualties, economic ruin, widespread hunger • • The March Revolution in 1917, in which soldiers who were brought in for crowd control ultimately joined labor activists in calling “Down with the autocracy!”

  6. The Soviet Union Under Lenin • A. Lenin hoped to make Russia the model Marxist society ridding it of illiteracy, poverty, and unemployment. • B. Due to Russia’s communist beliefs, the Western nations blockaded it – caused Russia’s industry to halt. • LENIN WAS BOTH GOOD & BAD. Had Two Sides to Him.

  7. The new Economic Policy • A. Created in 1921, the NEP was “taking one step backward to go two steps forward.” It introduced limited capitalism allowing peasants the right to sell their food in open markets. • B. The government maintained control of major industries. • C. It was a major success bringing prosperity

  8. The Communist Party • A. Lenin passed laws to make all people equal, allowing them to vote, including woman. • B. The Church was stripped out of everything. • C. The government began to open public education centers to clinics to educate the public and to offer healthcare to the poor.

  9. The Gulag • Lenin asserts his control by cruel methods such as the Gulag, a vast and brutal network of prison camps for both criminals and political prisoners. • - Secret Police bring people to the Gulag

  10. Student Engagement • Finish Storyboards • Add some details about the Soviet Union under Lenin • Mention THE GULAG • Make sure to add Tweets underneath all of the slide

  11. Closing • Have students briefly share their storyboard projects (completed so far).

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