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
Students will be able to analyze
the significant events preceding
the Russian Revolution through
the creation of a movie
storyboard.
ANTICIPATORY SET
 Movie storyboards
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA
• 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
WORLD WAR I
 Russia joined the side of the Allies
(Britain & France)
 Germany declared war on Russia
after it found out it was mobilizing
(building up their troops
WORLD WAR I
 Russia’s army
 Early successes.
 Transportation of troops and weapons difficult (Russia
not fully industrialized yet)
 Destruction
 Russia lost land to other European countries during the
war
 Billions of dollars lost in loans, damages, and military
 Huge amount of casualties (people dead)
RUSSIA AT HOME
Who was in charge?
Nicholas II was leading the army
during World War I
Czarina Alexandra controlled affairs at
home. Got manipulated by Rasputin
RASPUTIN mistrusted by the rebels
and people at home. Suspected an
affair occurred between him and
Alexandra. People thought he had
magical powers
DISCONTENT AT HOME
 Discontent at home
 Food was lacking because of the war
 Soldiers were upset at the lack of supplies and weapons
 30,000 casualties a month. (approximately 1 death every
1.8 seconds)
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
 Directions:You are to be a movie producer and create a storyboard for
the Russian Revolution.You must use a minimum of 2 pages (front and
back), drawing an image to represent a portion of the Russian
Revolution and writing below it what it represents. If you need more
pages to be more detailed, you may use more pages for your
storyboard.
 The following parts of the Russian Revolution *MUST be included in
your storyboards:
 1) Nicholas II 2) Bloody Sunday 3) The “1905” Revolution 4) October
Manifesto 5) World War I 6) February Revolution 7) Lenin 8) The Gulag
 This assignment is worth 30 points and will be worth 30% of your
grade.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
 Create movie storyboards for:
 Nicholas II
 Bloody Sunday
 1905 Revolution
 Russia during World War I
CLOSING
 Video