6.4: The Russian Revolution

Objective: Students will be able to identify causes and key events of the Russian Revolution by filling out a worksheet based on a presentation with an 80% success rate.

Vocabulary: autocracy, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Red October, Bolshevik, Menshivik

Directions:

  1. Get a copy of this worksheet
  2. Watch the videos below
    • Note: The first video is the lecture. During the lecture you will be asked to press pause and watch the additional videos, and then come back to the lecture.

Lecture: The Russian Revolution

This is the video lecture for this lesson. Use it to complete the worksheet for this lesson.

Video 1: The Assassination of Grigori Rasputin

Watch this video to learn about the circumstances of Rasputin's untimely death.

Video 2: The March Revolution

Watch this video to learn about the first stage of the Russian Revolution, known as the March Revolution

Video 3: The Assassination of the Romanovs

Watch this video to learn about how and why the tsar and his family were killed