1.3 The Russian Revolution

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

9. The Time of World Wars

2.`1  The Russian Revolutions

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Language support:

This picture does not belong because …

It is from another time.

The clothes look modern / old.

What you will learn in 

today's lesson

• What Russia was like before 1917.
  
• The causes for the February Revolution and October Revolution.

Use these questions to make your own summary

Aspects Russia before 1917

• Agrarian
• Conservative
• Poor
•  Religious (mostly orthodox christian)
• Undemocratic

Name 2 important events in 1917 that changed the outcome of WW1

Warm-up Discussion

1. What do you remember from the last lesson about Russia around 1900?
2. Why do revolutions happen? Can you think of other revolutions in history?

Self-study

• Read page 36 and 37
• Write down the things you don't understand and something surprising or new
• Write down key events for each revolution
• What is the difference between February and October Revolution?

Assignment

•  Arrange the events in the correct chronological order.
• Once arranged, each group explains their reasoning behind the order.
• Write one sentence per event explaining its significance.

Think critically and practice speaking skills

• Each student gets a role: Lenin, a Bolshevik, a soldier, a worker, a Tsar supporter. 
• In groups, prepare arguments:
• - Should the Bolsheviks take over Russia? Why or why not
• - Was Lenin a hero or a dictator?

9. The Time of World Wars

2.`1  The Russian Revolutions

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Was October a real revolution or a coup d’état?

new government 

The Soviet

New government

The provicional government

participation WW1

Vladimir Lenin

Radical Socialist

Bolsheviks

Vladimir Lenin

Revolution!

Coup d' état

Bolshevik party

The October revolution

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Karl Marx

''the father of socialism''

Socialism

Socialists

- more control

Marxists/ Communists

- total control

(Book: Das Kapitaal)

The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Becoming the Soviet Union

Russian Civil War

The Soviet Union

1917-1920

1922

Worksheet

Which questions do you still have?

What you will learn in 

today's lesson

• What Russia was like before 1917.
  
• The causes for the February Revolution.
• The difference between socialism and communism.
• What marxists / communists are.
• How Lenin and the Bolsheviks turned Russia into a communist state.

Use these questions to make your own summary

'Stalin is too rude and this defect [-], becomes intolerable in the Secretary-Genral. That is why I suggest the comrades think about a way of removing Staling from that post'. 

"De geest van de grote Lenin en zijn triomferende vaandel inspireren ons nu voor de patriottische oorlog..." Jozef Stalin