1. Ayn Rand & Anthem
What was her genesis?

2. What in our lives shapes our opinions & views of our (the) world?

3. She was born Feb. 2, 1905
In St. Petersburg, Russia
The dawn of massive political and social upheaval in Russia.

4. At the age of 12, Ayn experienced the Russian Revolution.
This was not a single battle
The Russian Revolution is actually a collectivist term for a series of revolutions that took place in 1917

5. Kerensky Revolution (February 1917)
Ayn supported this revolution as it represented:
A break from Russian Monarchy
Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
AKA Bloody Nicholas
Responsible for: Khodynka Tragedy, Anti-Semetic Pogroms, Bloody Sunday, and Executing Political Opponents
End of the Romanov Dynasty
End of Russian Empire

6. Between the Kerensky Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917), there were over 4,000 peasant uprisings against landowners

7. Bolshevik/October Revolution
Ayn did not support the Bolshevik Revolution as it represented Communist ideals
This led to a very totalitarian , Communist Russia.

8. This repression and total control from a Totalitarian Communist government meant:
You cannot disagree
It is wrong to have independent thoughts
Do not ask questions as it sets you apart from others.
Self-assertion is forbidden
All decisions are made by the Council in the name of the whole
Individuals have no rights
The state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible

9. The Russian Revolution was followed by a civil war in Russia.
Shortly after, the October Revolution and Civil War her father’s pharmacy was confiscated and her family faced starvation often.
They became displaced like much of Russia’s populace.

10. In her last year of high school, Ayn Rand was introduced to American history
She immediately took America as her model of what a nation of free men could be

11. She then entered the University of Petrograd to study philosophy and history
At the end of her time there, she experienced the breakdown of free inquiry and the takeover of the university by communists
She found Western films as an escape from the increasing repression of the Communist government

12. In 1925, she obtained permission to leave the USSR to visit relatives in the U.S.
Although she told Soviet authorities that her visit would be short, she was determined never to return to Russia.
She spent 6 months with relatives in Chicago, obtained extensions to her visa, and then left for Hollywood to pursue a career as a screenwriter.

13. Alisa Rosenbaum “Ayn Rand”
Born:
February 2, 1905
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died:
March 6, 1982
New York City
Major Works:
We The Living (1936)
Anthem (1938)
The Fountainhead (1943)
Atlas Shrugged (1957)
Alisa Rosenbaum “Ayn Rand”

14. Is success measured by the individual or the collective group?
Overarching Question
Is success measured by the individual or the collective group?

15. Essential Questions
1. Identity: How do you know who you are? How do you form your identity? How does it change? 2. Martyrdom: The value of suffering ,-what makes a hero? What is its purpose? 3. Power: What does it mean to have it? How do you gain power? How do you keep it? When do you relinquish power? What is your knowledge of power?

16. Is success measured by the individual or the collective group?

17. Identity

18. Visuals of Martyrs

19. Power