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Showing posts with label russian revolution. Show all posts

Friday, March 16, 2018

Revolution! Day 5 - Class Recap

Today we watched part of an episode of The Office in class, while looking for different aspects of a revolution in it. This is me jumping for joy at finding the set of The Office, while on vacation in California in 2007. It is one of my favorite TV shows ever!

Dear class,

Welcome to your weekend from Global Studies! We looked more into what makes up a revolution in class, and also had some time to work on late assignments. 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: "Leningrad" by Billy Joel. Selected for today because a student suggested it on the blog, as relating to Lenin and Russia. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/16/18:
News Brief - Kyle
Conditions for Revolutions
The Coup
Russian Revolution Work

Homework: Read the blog! Turn in late/missing/incomplete/make up work. Bring your Chromebooks (charged!) next class (and for the next month). Dahson has the next news brief.
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News Brief: Kyle had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: BBC.com - Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank car attack. We found Israel in our world maps and talked about this story for a bit, before moving on.

 Dahson was selected for the next news brief.

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):


Conditions for Revolutions: This PowerPoint was about the main ways that revolutions start. An easy way to think about this is: political = people want power; social = people want to find others that agree with them; economic = people want money and resources.

Here's the PowerPoint, if you wanted to check it out again, or if you missed class and need to do notes:

If you are at all confused about what makes up a revolution (in the sense of a government), please let me know!

The Coup: To have some fun in introducing theory of revolutions, we watched the episode of "The Office" called The Coup. A "coup" (or coup d'etat) is pronounced "coo" and is a French word for the overthrow of a government, usually from a small group of insiders. Thus, this episode is a perfect way to showcase the elements of a revolution (political/social/economic reasons for why Dwight is trying to overthrow Michael as boss) while also being a humorous way to start thinking about how revolutions happen. We finished the episode and then had a bit of time at the end of class to work on incomplete work.

Russian Revolution Work: I wanted everything from the unit turned in, including:

1) The Russian Revolution Pre-Assessment/Newsflash activity
2) Vocabulary Notes (on Peace, Land, and Bread PowerPoint)
3) OPVL activity (using the primary sources posted around the room)
4) Propaganda Poster assignment (using the Propaganda Poster PowerPoint to complete)
5) Vocabulary Quiz (a make up quiz is available in class, too)

Please get these in as soon as possible, if you did not do so in class! They will be another grade opportunity for the learning target on revolutions. Next class, you will start the big Country Profile Project assignment. Be ready! :-)
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Revolution! Day 4 - Class Recap

The flag of Vietnam (a communist country), flying on a boat in Ha Long Bay. Notice the red and the star as symbols! Photo taken in 2011.

Hi everyone,

Today, we looked more into the concept of propaganda and persuasion. 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 our continued look at the Russian Revolution! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/14/18:
News Brief - Kaylee
Quiz
Propaganda
Create Posters

Homework: Read the blog! Finish propaganda poster (due next class). Kyle has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by me, because Kaylee was absent. I selected this article to talk about:  CNN.com - She was Canada's Rosa Parks. Now she's the first black person to appear on its currency. We found Canada in the world map packet and noted we did a story on the country, as we talked about the civil rights there.

Kyle, 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):


Quiz: After the news brief, we took the Russian Revolution vocabulary quiz. I'm not going to recap the quiz itself, other than to say that I hope everyone did well. If you were following along during the presentation and did your homework to review, I'm sure you were fine.

Propaganda: The next part of class was devoted to checking out some examples of Soviet Union propaganda (it is nice that you already knew what propaganda meant from studying Rwanda) and filling out a worksheet with each slide, then creating your own example on the back.
  
Here is the presentation on Russian Revolution propaganda, if you missed class, or need to complete your worksheet:


Here is the worksheet that goes along with the presentation:


After viewing all of the slides and filling out the worksheet, I gave the class this assignment: 

On the back side of this propaganda poster worksheet, you are creating your OWN Russian propaganda poster. Please use at least two symbols (a color can be a symbol) and make a connection to at least one of the vocabulary words from the Russian Revolution PowerPoint. You do not have to use Russian. Use an English caption to explain your poster, please.

Create Posters: The rest of class was devoted to creating the Russian Revolution propaganda posters, to emphasize the connection between persuasion and the revolution. These will be due at the start of next class.

See you next class, everyone!
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Revolution! Day 3 - Class Recap

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! 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 3/12/18:
News Brief - Zion
Posters/World War I Grades
OPVL
Study for Quiz

Homework: Read the blog! Study Russian Revolution vocabulary for quiz. Kaylee has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Zion, who selected an article about this story: CNN.com - China clears way for Xi Jinping to rule for life. We found China in the world map packet, and talked about this story for a bit before moving on to talk about what we were up to outside of class.

Kaylee, 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):

Posters/World War I Grades: After the news, I asked if there were any more "Togetherness" posters that students had to put up on the walls around the room. It looks so great now!

I also passed back the graded World War I essays and any Collection of Evidence work that was turned in. I really appreciate all of your work! Grades have been posted in StudentVUE for this assignment and are noted in the rubric section of your paper online. In general, I tried to highlight your thesis statement if I could find one. That, along with the use of the essay format we were using for this test and correct spelling/grammar is the Communication target. The impacts of Nationalism and Revolutions target was mostly about how you address the impact of the Russian Revolution (a required term). The Critical Thinking target grade is related to your use of analysis and commentary, as well as your introductions and conclusions.

Since this was a timed write in class, you cannot make it up or revise it. However, your World War I Collection of Evidence is graded on the same three learning targets, so that is an opportunity to improve your grade if needed. We will have more assignments this semester for each of the learning targets, as well. Thank you for your hard work on this!

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. We practiced this in class by looking at this article:


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 to know the key terms from the Russian Revolution! We will have a quiz on the terms next class. Here is the information if you missed class or wanted to see it again:
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!
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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Revolution! Day 2 - Class Recap

This is a picture I took of Maria Sharapova carrying the flag of the Russian Federation at the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics. The flag is different from the one the USSR had after the revolution!

Hi everyone,

Another sort of relaxed day in class today, with finishing and presenting our togetherness posters, and starting to learn a little bit about the Russian Revolution. 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: "I Lived" by OneRepublic. Selected for today because of our continued work with looking at what brings the world together. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/8/18:
News Brief - Emmanuel
Finish Posters/Present
Newsflash
Peace, Land, and Bread

Homework: Read the blog! Zion has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was mine (because Emmanuel was absent) and I selected this article to talk about: TheGuardian.com - Ireland's government approves bill paving way for abortion referendum. We found Ireland in the world map packet and talked about how abortion is an issue there.

Zion, you are up for next class. We also checked in about the weekend and what people were up to.

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):


Finish Posters/Present: The first 10 minutes or so of class was used to finish the artistic representations of what brings the world together and presenting. I enjoyed seeing what everyone created, and I will try to do some decorating with them in our classroom! :-)

Newsflash: This is absolutely my favorite way to start a new unit. Good teachers always try and assess where students are at before they teach any specific content (otherwise, we would have no idea if you had actually learned anything or not). If you wanted to see the hilarious "Whose Line is it Anyway?" clip again, here it is:


So funny. Next, I passed out the "pre-assessment" paper that was geared around going back in time to Russia in 1917. If you did not complete this in class, you absolutely need to do this BEFORE going on to reviewing the presentation. If you missed class, or lost your copy (I will have you turn this in later), here it is to download and print:

Again, it does not matter if you do not know very much: make an educated guess!

Peace, Land, and Bread: After the newsflash activity, I started up the Russian Revolution content. Here is the vocabulary list that students were filling out during the presentation (the quiz will be on these terms):

I helpfully three hole punched these, as well. See? I listened to your feedback about making notes easier!

Here is the main event - the PowerPoint of the basics of what happened during the Russian Revolution:

We will continue studying the Russian Revolution next class! See you then!
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Revolution! Day 1 - Class Recap


My view of the 2012 Rose Bowl, between Oregon and Wisconsin. One of my favorite memories!

Dear class,

I loved today. It was fun to be able to focus on some good in the world and have a little fun being creative! Here's what happened in class:

Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: “Where is the Love?” by The Black Eyed Peas. Chosen for today because we have been talking so much about war, genocide, and revolutions (soon) - I thought we needed to focus a bit on love and what brings people together across the world. Lyrics here. 

AGENDA 3/6/18:
News Brief - Daniel
Forecasting/Debrief WWI Essay
Togetherness
Create Posters

Homework: Read the blog! Emmanuel has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Daniel. Here is the story: NYTimes.com - Russian Military Transport Plane Crashes in Syria, Killing 32. We talked about what has been happening with Syria again, before moving on to check in about the weekend. Emmanuel, you are up for the news brief 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):


Debrief WWI Essay: I noted that you will have to do such tests in the future, like for SATs, and this was good practice. That was definitely my hope! Yes, it may have been tough to write so much, in an entire class period. I do think that most of you did well with it. I know it was a difficult assignment!

Togetherness: After this, I turned our attention to something more exciting and interesting (I hope): ways in which the world comes together. Here's what the class came up with when I asked about what brings the world together:
Common Goal
Governments
Religion
Holidays
Culture
Food
Nationality
Sports
Parties
Friendship
Love
Games
Shopping
Hardship
Education
Technology
Social Media
Work
Family
Music

A good list! I then showed a lot of videos in a row, to highlight these themes. Here are the links to them, if you want to watch again:

The end to this video:



Part of this video from Chicago, when Carli Lloyd scored the first goal in the Women's World Cup Final in 2015 (I was at this game!):


The "Free Hugs" campaign in Australia: YouTube.com - Free Hugs.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

 "Dancing (2012)"

I LOVE these videos. All great examples of what brings people together across so many different areas.

Create Posters: Your task after watching this was to start creating a poster of something that brings the world together. Again, this is extremely low stakes - it's not going to be a huge grade or anything. Just a fun activity to remember that there is more to the world than just conflict. We will try to finish these up next class, present, then move on to the revolution unit. Sound like a plan? Thanks for the great class today! Let me know if you have other videos that you enjoy along these same lines! :-)
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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Revolution! Day 5 - Class Recap

Today we watched part of an episode of The Office in class, while looking for different aspects of a revolution in it. This is me jumping for joy at finding the set of The Office, while on vacation in California in 2007. It is one of my favorite TV shows ever!

Dear class,

Welcome to your weekend from Global Studies! We looked more into what makes up a revolution in class, and also had some time to work on late assignments. 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: "Leningrad" by Billy Joel. Selected for today because a student suggested it on the blog, as relating to Lenin and Russia. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/16/17:
News Brief - Ashwin
Conditions for Revolutions
The Coup
Russian Revolution Work

Homework: Read the blog! Turn in late/missing/incomplete/make up work by Friday, for updated progress report grade. Bring your Chromebooks (charged!) next class (and for the next month). CJ has the next news brief.
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News Brief: Ashwin had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: BBC.com - Dutch election: Wilders defeat celebrated by PM Rutte. We found Netherlands on our world maps and talked about the political situation in Europe (with a conversation about Brexit, as well). Very interesting - thanks for the questions, everyone!

CJ was selected for the next news brief.

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):


Conditions for Revolutions: This PowerPoint was about the main ways that revolutions start. You will absolutely need to know the political, social, and economic reasons for the revolution you are studying for the historical investigation. An easy way to think about this is: political = people want power; social = people want to find others that agree with them; economic = people want money and resources.

Here's the PowerPoint, if you wanted to check it out again, or if you missed class and need to do notes:

If you are at all confused about what makes up a revolution (in the sense of a government), please let me know!

The Coup: To have some fun in introducing theory of revolutions, we watched the episode of "The Office" called The Coup. A "coup" (or coup d'etat) is pronounced "coo" and is a French word for the overthrow of a government, usually from a small group of insiders. Thus, this episode is a perfect way to showcase the elements of a revolution (political/social/economic reasons for why Dwight is trying to overthrow Michael as boss) while also being a humorous way to start thinking about how revolutions happen. We finished the episode and then had a bit of time at the end of class to work on incomplete work.

Russian Revolution Work: I wanted everything from the unit turned in, including:

1) The Russian Revolution Pre-Assessment/Newsflash activity
2) Vocabulary Notes (on Peace, Land, and Bread PowerPoint)
3) OPVL activity (using the primary sources posted around the room)
4) Propaganda Poster assignment (using the Propaganda Poster PowerPoint to complete)
5) Vocabulary Quiz (a make up quiz is available in class, too)

Please get these in as soon as possible, if you did not do so in class! They will be another grade opportunity for the learning target on revolutions. Next class, you will start the big historical investigation assignment. Be ready! :-)
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Revolution! Day 4 - Class Recap

The flag of Vietnam (a communist country), flying on a boat in Ha Long Bay. Notice the red and the star as symbols! Photo taken in 2011.

Hi everyone,

Today, we looked more into the concept of propaganda and persuasion. 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 our continued look at the Russian Revolution! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/14/17:
News Brief - Paris
Quiz
Propaganda
Create Posters

Homework: Read the blog! Finish propaganda poster (due next class). Ashwin has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Paris, who selected this article to talk about: BBC.com - Google balloon mistaken for UFO as it crashes in Colombia. We found Colombia in the world map packet and noted we did a story on the country, as we talked about what Google (and companies like Facebook) are doing to try and bring internet to places in the world that do not have many connections.

Ashwin, 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):


Finally, I passed back graded World War I essays to the class. Your grades have been updated in StudentVUE. No excuses for you to not know exactly what you need to do - especially with the World War I packets!

Quiz: After the news brief, we took the Russian Revolution vocabulary quiz. I'm not going to recap the quiz itself, other than to say that I hope everyone did well. If you were following along during the presentation and did your homework to review, I'm sure you were fine.

Propaganda: The next part of class was devoted to checking out some examples of Soviet Union propaganda (it is nice that you already knew what propaganda meant from studying Rwanda) and filling out a worksheet with each slide, then creating your own example on the back.
  
Here is the presentation on Russian Revolution propaganda, if you missed class, or need to complete your worksheet:


Here is the worksheet that goes along with the presentation:


After viewing all of the slides and filling out the worksheet, I gave the class this assignment: 


On the back side of this propaganda poster worksheet, you are creating your OWN Russian propaganda poster. Please use at least two symbols (a color can be a symbol) and make a connection to at least one of the vocabulary words from the Russian Revolution PowerPoint. You do not have to use Russian. Use an English caption to explain your poster, please.

Create Posters: The rest of class was devoted to creating the Russian Revolution propaganda posters, to emphasize the connection between persuasion and the revolution. These will be due at the start of next class.

See you next class, everyone!
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Friday, March 10, 2017

Revolution! Day 3 - Class Recap

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 - Alyssa
Peace, Land, and Bread
OPVL
Study for Quiz

Homework: Read the blog! Study Russian Revolution vocabulary for quiz. Paris has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Alyssa, who selected an article about this story: AlJazeera.com - Ancient pharaoh statues uncovered in Cairo mud pit. We found Egypt in the world map packet, and talked about this story for a bit (I love that we are still finding objects in the world from over 3000 years ago!) before moving on to talk about what we were up to outside of class.

Paris, 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):

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.
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Thursday, March 9, 2017

Revolution! Day 2 - Class Recap

This is a picture I took of Maria Sharapova carrying the flag of the Russian Federation at the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics. The flag is different from the one the USSR had after the revolution!

Hi everyone,

Another sort of relaxed day in class today, with finishing and presenting our togetherness posters, and starting to learn a little bit about the Russian Revolution. 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: "I Lived" by OneRepublic. Selected for today because of our continued work with looking at what brings the world together. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/9/17:
News Brief - Karly
Finish Posters/Present
Newsflash
Peace, Land, and Bread

Homework: Read the blog! Alyssa has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Karly, who selected this article to talk about: BBC.com - US hails '40% drop' in illegal immigrants from Mexico. We found Mexico in the world map packet and talked about the ongoing situation regarding immigration in the United States. We talked for a bit about undocumented students at Westview and ICE, as well.

Alyssa, you are up for next class. We also checked in about the weekend and what people were up to.

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):


Finish Posters/Present: The first 10 minutes or so of class was used to finish the artistic representations of what brings the world together and presenting. I enjoyed seeing what everyone created, and I will try to do some decorating with them in our classroom! :-)

Newsflash: This is absolutely my favorite way to start a new unit. Good teachers always try and assess where students are at before they teach any specific content (otherwise, we would have no idea if you had actually learned anything or not). If you wanted to see the hilarious "Whose Line is it Anyway?" clip again, here it is:


So awesome. Next, I passed out the "pre-assessment" paper that was geared around going back in time to Russia in 1917. If you did not complete this in class, you absolutely need to do this BEFORE going on to reviewing the presentation. If you missed class, or lost your copy (I will have you turn this in later), here it is to download and print:
Again, it does not matter if you do not know very much: make an educated guess!

Peace, Land, and Bread: After the newsflash activity, I started up the Russian Revolution content. Here is the vocabulary list that students were filling out during the presentation (the quiz will be on these terms):
I helpfully three hole punched these, as well. See? I listened to your feedback about making notes easier!

Here is the main event - the PowerPoint of the basics of what happened during the Russian Revolution:
We were not able to complete all of the slides in class, so we will get back to it and finish next time. See you then!
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