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The Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin. Vladimir Lenin took a secretive train ride from Germany to Russia, and took power in Russia with his Bolshevik party upon his return.
Dear class,
We started really looking in depth at the Russian Revolution today in class. It is one of the more important events in Modern World History! You will be using the same sorts of information that you learned in this unit for your historical investigation project on another country. Here's what happened in class:
Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Soundtrack: "Mother Russia" by Renaissance. Selected for today because of the connection with Russia, obviously. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 3/1/16:
News Brief - Malini
Peace, Land, and Bread
OPVL
Study for Quiz
OPVL
Study for Quiz
Homework: Read the blog! Study Russian Revolution vocabulary for quiz. Matt has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Malini, who selected an article about this story: ChessBase.com - Women's World Championship starts tomorrow. Hooray for chess! We found Ukraine in the world map packet, and also talked about today being the "Super Tuesday" primaries for the presidential nomination. Definitely worth paying attention to!
Matt, you are up for next class.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Peace, Land, and Bread: This was the continuation of last class (we stopped two slides in the previous class). Here is the vocabulary list that students were filling out during the presentation (the quiz will be on these terms, next class):Matt, you are up for next class.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Here is the main event - the PowerPoint of the basics of what happened during the Russian Revolution:
I know this is a lot of information. If you are in need of extra clarification or support, please ask me! I would love to help!
OPVL: I introduced a new way to think about various different documents in history. We used the textbook as an example. OPVL stands for Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitation. Your assignment was to take the paper I handed out in class and go through two of the four documents on each side of the room to assess them. If you missed class, or needed to complete this outside of class, here are the links to both the OPVL sheet and the documents I posted:
Finally, here's another way to understand how to do OPVL analysis using specific types of documents:
Let me know if this assignment is at all unclear. You will be turning this in as part of the Russian Revolution packet later, so please keep it with you!
Study For Quiz: Study your vocabulary sheet (linked to above) to know the key terms from the Russian Revolution! We will have a quiz on the terms next class.
Study For Quiz: Study your vocabulary sheet (linked to above) to know the key terms from the Russian Revolution! We will have a quiz on the terms next class.
So is the quiz mainly matching words and definitions?
ReplyDeleteNo, the quiz is not matching words or definitions. I will give you a question like: "Who took power after Lenin died?" and students will be responsible for writing down the answer without the use of any sort of definition or word bank.
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