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The Russian Revolution
Please write down in your notebook
Tsar
Bloody Sunday
Communists
Soviets
Bolsheviks
Lenin
Make sure to leave enough space to add notes!
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Please write down in your notebook
Tsar
Bloody Sunday
Communists
Soviets
Bolsheviks
Lenin
Make sure to leave enough space to add notes!
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4.3 - The Russian Revolution
Slide 2 - Slide
Goal
When this class is finished, you...
can explain why a revolution started in Russia in 1917
know what life was like in Russia under the Tsar
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Lesson plan
Life in Russia/start Revolution
20 min
Break
4 min
Assignment
20 min
Closing
5 min
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Where were we?
What event triggered the First World War?
What made the First World War a modern war?
Can you name two reasons why Germany surrendered in 1918?
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Russia under the Tsar
Inequality
Tsar and nobility owned most of the land
Peasants were poor and had no rights
There was no democracy - the Tsar had all the power
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Bloody Sunday
22 januari 1905: large demonstration
The Tsar ordered his army to suppress the uprising by force. Hundreds of unarmed protesters were killed or wounded
But the Tsar did install the Duma - a parliament with very little power
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A new ideology
A small group of people started to resist:
the communists
They believed that everybody in society should be
equal
. The state takes care of everything - nobody would steal or go hungry
They were prepared to use
violence
to gain power
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Revolution
Russia was suffering because of World War I: lots of losses, famine, poverty
The communists promised a better world: equality and no more hunger
In February 1917 uprisings broke out. Russian soldiers refused to fire on their own people
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Revolution
The Tsar gave up his throne.
Workers and soldiers united to govern in
soviets
The new government could not solve Russia's problems
In October 1917 a second revolution by
Bolsheviks
overturned the government
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End of the Tsar
Tsar and his family were taken prisoner - for their own 'safety'
Lenin was afraid supporters would try to free them
17 July 1918: The Tsar and his family were shot
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A new country: the Soviet Union
Slide 12 - Slide
Short break!
timer
4:00
Slide 13 - Slide
What caused the Russian Revolution?
Find effects of the causes - write them down
If you can come up with another cause - write it down
Use the 9 cards to fill the diamond - which cause is more important?
Fill out the question form
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What have we got?
Three most important causes
Three least important causes
What causes did you add?
How did you do it?
Why did we do this?
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