Thursday – January 31, 2013
Mr. Lombardi
Aim: How did the Russian Revolution
unfold?
Do Now: Copy the academic vocabulary
1. February Revolution: First of two revolutions in Russia in
1917.
2. October Revolution: Coup d'état by the Bolsheviks under
Lenin.
3. New Economic Plan: An economic policy proposed by
Vladimir Lenin to prevent the Russian economy from
collapsing.
4. Joseph Stalin: Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head
of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by
purging all opposition.
The Russian Revolution
Explain what
is happening
in this
propaganda
poster.
Poster Title:
The Czar, the
Priest and the
Rich Man on the
Shoulders of the
Laboring People
Activity
(chunking)
In groups of 5, each student will
complete an assigned reading and
complete their portion of the
Russian Revolution Concept Map
*DO NOT WRITE ON THE READING
HANDOUTS!*
Share your portion of the Russian
Revolution Concept Map with your
group, so that everyone has a
completed chart.
-Czar didn’t want war initially
-Took over command of
army
-Czar left Alexandra in
charge of government
-Russian public didn’t trust
Alexandra because she was
related to German Kaiser
-Stalin appoints loyal
followers to government
positions.
-Lenin, on his deathbed, says
Stalin should be removed.
-Stalin turns against his
alliances and puts himself
alone as the leader of the
government.
-Food shortages & prices
increase
-Strikes and marches.
-Army joining the protestors.
-Army ordered to suppress
strikes.
-Czar is asked to abdicate
throne- he does.
-Provisional government takes
over.
- Russian soldiers desert
army.
- Bolshevik army storm the
Winter Palace and take over
the provisional government.
- Appointment of Lenin as the
head of the new government
-People revolt from harsh
treatment of Bolsheviks
-Lenin realizes that the
Bolsheviks are too harsh on the
citizens of Russia
-Lenin creates the NEP to
strengthen Russia and spread
Communism.
Summary
On your own…
Analyze the chart below- answer questions 1 & 2 in your notebooks
Regents Prep - Russian Revolution
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. How did WWI help bring about the Russian
Revolution?
2. How did the Czar’s policies lead to social unrest
in Russia?
3. How would you generate a plan to fix the social,
economic, and political problems in Russia?
4. Think back to the other revolutions that we have
discussed- Predict the outcome of the Russian
Revolution.
5. How did Russia become known as the Soviet
Union?