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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: "Rasputin" by Boney M. Selected due to a fantastic student suggestion on the blog. What a song! Lots of great Russian Revolution references in the lyrics here.
AGENDA 3/10/17:
News Brief - Ethan
Peace, Land, and Bread
OPVL
Study for Quiz
OPVL
Study for Quiz
Homework: Read the blog! Study Russian Revolution vocabulary for quiz. Raymond has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Ethan, who selected an article about this story: NYTimes.com - South Korea Removes President Park Geun-hye. We found South Korea in the world map packet, and talked about this story for a bit (I am going to South Korea for Spring Break in a couple of weeks, so this is particularly interesting to me) before moving on to talk about what we were up to outside of class.
Raymond, 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):Raymond, 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.
Why was Lenin in exile in Switzerland?
ReplyDeleteGood question! Basically, he had been kicked out by the czar after the 1905 revolution, because the czar did not like the ideas (about overthrowing the government and installing communism) that Lenin was talking about. See more here: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lenin-returns-to-russia-from-exile
DeleteHi Mr. Frits it's peter. I was was wondering if you could play Fireflies by owl city for the song in class on tuesday. It talks about the earth and it mentions dancing which is part of everyones culture and it also brings people together. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Peter!
DeleteThank you for the suggestion! I did *just* play Fireflies in class last period, as you were working on the OPVL analysis activity! So I might have to go with another song, at least for next class. :-)