Week 23:
The Russian Revolution
Unit Era: 1914 to 1924
Unit VII
Lesson 4: Revolution in RussiaL.G.1: I can explain the causes of the February (March) Revolution. L.G.2: I can describe the goals of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. L.G.3: I can summarize the outcome of the civil war Russia.L.G.4: I can analyze how Lenin built a Communist state in the Soviet Union.
Assigned Readings
Make sure you know the vocabulary terms on the right, as you may be quizzed on them this week.
- Proletariat
- Soviet
- Bolsheviks
- V.I. Lenin
- Alexander Kerensky
- Red Guard
- Cheka
- War Communism
- Commissar
- New Economic Policy
Monday: The Russian Revolution
MSDE II.A.8 | Explain the domestic and international causes of the Russian Revolutions and its impact on World War One (3, 4, and 5).Opener: Image Analysis |The Great Wave by Hokusai (1831)
Use the TACOS strategy to analyze the 1831 woodblock print by Hokusai
If you want to know more about it listen to the podcast on the left.
Notes: The Pacific
I. Notes: The Pacific
II. Extension: Podcast | Hokusai's The Great Wave - AHOW in 100 Objects
Closing: Reminder | MP3 EBAS Tomorrow
The EBAS will take place the next two class periods
Day 1: You should read and annotate the documents and complete the Selected Response Questions (5); you may begin writing
Day 2: Complete the EBAS and make sure to submit it properly
Tuesday: EBAS | World War I (1 of 2)
Opener: Overview | MSDE Rubric
This is the rubric that will be used to grade your EBAS. Pay attention to the importance of making a claim, supporting the claim with evidence, and using all the documents.
Lesson: MP3 EBAS | The Process Below is Scheduled for Two Class Periods
Part I Prewriting: Read and annotate the documents and answer the Short Answer Response Questions
Part II Writing: Write your EBAS with particular attention to a strong claim and proper evidence
It is recommended that you write your work on a Google Doc so it is not lost in Schoology if there are technology issues
Part III Submitting: Copy and paste your EBAS from the Google Doc in (Part II) so it can be review in Performance Matters (or submit without the Google Doc if you did not use that method)
Closing: Reminder | Do Not Lose Your EBAS
Make sure you have it saved wherever you wrote it so that you can finish it tomorrow
Wednesday: EBAS | World War I (2 of 2)
III.A.8 | Explaining the domestic and international causes of the Russian Revolutions and its impact on World War OneOpener: Reminder| Submitting Your Work
Make sure to submit your work properly. Otherwise you will not earn credit for this assignment.
Lesson: MP3 EBAS | The Process Below is Scheduled for Two Class Periods
Part I Prewriting: Read and annotate the documents and answer the Short Answer Response Questions
Part II Writing: Write your EBAS with particular attention to a strong claim and proper evidence
It is recommended that you write your work on a Google Doc so it is not lost in Schoology if there are technology issues
Part III Submitting: Copy and paste your EBAS from the Google Doc in (Part II) so it can be review in Performance Matters (or submit without the Google Doc if you did not use that method)
Closing: Finalize | Submit Your Essay
The EBAS is due by the end of the class period. Make sure to submit it.
Resources | The Soviet Union and Lenin (1917 to 1924)
Thursday: Unit VII Thematic Chart
All of Unit VII Learning GoalsOpener: Open Notes Quiz | Unit VII: World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914 to 1924)
Complete the open notes quiz
Lesson: Thematic Chart | Unit VII: World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914 to 1924)
Complete the thematic chart in class to review what you learned in this unit. Your grade is based on participation, focus, and a completed chart that reflects the information on the chart created by your classmates.
Closing: Grade | Thematic Chart
Have your thematic charts out for grading purposes
If you have further questions now is the time to ask
The Thinker by Musee Rodin (1904)
He's probably studying for a test.
Friday: What Did You Learn?
EARLY DISMISSAL 2024
Opener: Study | Unit VII: World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914 to 1924)
Lesson: MW22-23 Test | Unit VII: World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914 to 1924)
You will take the test in Schoology. The Unit VII test based on information related to MW22: World War I and MW23: The Russian Revolution
Closing: Introduce Next Topic | Nationalism and the Developing World
Next week we will learn about Nationalism and the Developing World, during the Interwar period.
The following week, Week 24, we will begin to learn about the Interwar period. Was World War II inevitable? Should we consider World War I and World War II a single war, with an intermission? Stay tuned, next time in World History.
[YouTube] History Matters - Russian Revolution
[YouTube] Biographics - Karl Marx
Essential Question(s) 1890 to 1994
Is War Inevitable?
MSDE Objective(s) | Students will analyze how regional tensions and interregional competition led to World War One by:
III.A.1 | Evaluating how growing tensions among rival European states and empires, compounded by nationalism, militarism, imperial competition, and alliance systems led to the outbreak of war (CDI, GOV)
III.A.2 | Assessing the effectiveness of the major strategies and turning points of the war (1, 3).
III.A.3 | Analyzing how scientific and technological inventions impacted civilian populations and military personnel (1, 3).
III.A.4 | Analyzing the effect of media to promote ideologies through propaganda on the war (3).
III.A.5 | Evaluating the contributions to, and impact of World War I on, colonial peoples in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (3).
III.A.6 | Evaluating the experience of the Armenian people within the Ottoman Empire (2, 3).
III.A.7 | Assessing the global effects of the influenza pandemic (1).
III.A.8 | Explaining the domestic and international causes of the Russian Revolutions and its impact on World War One (3, 4, and 5).