Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution

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• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4,5

Objectives

• Find parallels between the Russian Revolution and George Orwell's Animal Farm

• Relate each animal to a person, organisation or entity in the Russian Revolution 

Czar Nicholas II

• A poor leader at best

• Cruel - sometimes brutal with opponents

Karl Marx

What do we know about Karl Marx?

Karl Marx - Communism

Find information on communism and Karl Marx' influence on the Russian people. Present your information digitally in a document, word web, mind map, drawing or another way you find useful.

Vladimir Lenin

Lenin adopted Marx’s ideas. He believed that the bourgeoisie (middle class) exploited the workers and must therefore be overthrown.

Leon Trotsky

One of the leaders of "October Revolution“ along with Lenin and Stalin

Believed in “pure” communism, followed Marx

The Commissar for Foreign Affairs

Chased away by KGB (secret police)

Joseph Stalin

• Average speaker, not educated like Trotsky 

• Didn't exactly follow Marx's ideas 

• Stalin continually opposed Trotsky 

Animal Farm

This novella by George Orwell was published in 1945. In period 4 we will read this novella and draw a comparison between the characters and people who played a role in the Russian Revolution. 

Character log

In the sources in Itslearning you will find a character log. After each chapter, update the character log with the information you have gathered.

Start reading

We will read Animal Farm online:

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html 

Enjoy!