1. Warm up: Answer the first question in your packet.
Standard
Objectives
Students understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
I will summarize the main causes of the Russian Revolution and understand the impact on Lenin’s rise to power.

2. Which of the two statements do you agree with most? Why? Explain.
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount (equal) to a defeat, for it is momentary”
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3. The Russian Revolution Begins!
Two Main Revolutions
Both revolutions take place in 1917
March 1917
Czar Nicholas II abdicates (gives up) the Russian throne
2. November 1917
also known as the Bolshevik Revolution
Bolshevik Party forces take over the government offices in Petrograd (St. Petersburg)

4. What caused the people of Russia to start a revolution?
Widespread suffering under AUTOCRACY (a form of government in which one person, in this case the czar, has absolute power)
People were not happy with the Czar and the large gap of power and money
2. Weak leadership of Czar Nicholas II who clung to autocracy despite changing times
Wants Russification to happen rather than change his view for his people

5. What caused the people of Russia to start a revolution? (continued)
3. Poor working conditions, low wages, and industrialization
No laws protecting the people to getting better working conditions
4. Many revolutionary groups believed a worker- run communist government should replace czarist rule
The writings of Karl Marx influence the workers to start labor unions and potentially replace the czar

6. What caused the people of Russia to start a revolution? (continued)
5. Russian defeat in the Russo- Japanese War (1905), led to rising unrest
Fought the Japanese for Manchuria (wanted a warm water port)
The Russia people did not want to fight a war that was thousands of miles away
Some believed there was no reason for the war
The war was a complete disaster
Lost its only year round port
A large part of the navy was destroyed
Leads up to Bloody Sunday

7. What caused the people of Russia to start a revolution? (continued)
6. BLOODY SUNDAY
A group of workers strike at the Czar’s Winter Palace led by Father Gapon
Czar’s guards open fire on the unarmed protestors and kill hundreds of them

8. Primary Source!
Analyze the Primary source on Father Gapon and Bloody Sunday. Answer the three questions on the back of the sheet of paper.

9. What caused the people of Russia to start a revolution? (continued)
7. Devastation of World War I
high casualties
Too many soldiers were dying in the field of battle because they did not have enough supplies or ammunition
economic problems
Russia could not industrialize fast enough unlike its Western European counterparts
widespread hunger
Due to the spending on the war, the Russians do not have enough food to feed themselves
8. Soldiers who were brought in for crowd control join the crowd and call out “Down with the autocracy!”
Soldiers turned on their commanding officer (the Czar) and joined with the workers who were revolting.

10. Stop! Question Time!
Name all 8 of the main causes of the Russian Revolution prior to the Bolshevik revolution. Which do you feel is the main cause of the people revolting against the czar. Explain.

11. Lenin Speech Questions
According to Lenin who is making all the money from war?
According to Lenin who will be in charge of Russia?
What is Lenin’s slogan?

12. PEACE, LAND, BREAD! Lenin wants: Peace for soldiers Land for peasants
End the War against Germany
Land for peasants
End the serfdom which the rich controlled most of the land
Bread for the workers
Raise wages to feed the workers

13. CLASSWORK Guidelines for cartoon Guidelines for timeline
Create either a cartoon or a timeline for ALL of the CAUSES of the Russian Revolution.
Guidelines for cartoon
Guidelines for timeline
-All causes must be arranged according to date.
-All causes must have a 3- 5 sentence description written in YOUR OWN words (if you copy the notes you will receive a ZERO!)
-All causes must be illustrated.
-Illustrations must clearly represent the events described
-No writing explaining the cause/ speech bubbles are acceptable