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Activities |
Resources |
| Why were there two
revolutions in Russia in 1917? |
Read an overview of Russia
in 1917 and gain a chronological understanding of the main
events of this critically important year.
Spartacus
has a number of excellent pages about the revolutions.
JohnDClare
has a typically excellent exam based GCSE history section on Russia.
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There are plenty of resources
on Russia in 1917. The following provide references to the relevant
page numbers in your textbooks.
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Culpin
183-95 |
Laver
392-400 |
Darby
68-108 |
Lynch
59-102 |
Oxley
77-111 |
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| Why was Nicholas II forced to
abdicate in 1917?
How important was the war as a cause of the February
Revolution?
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Television documentary:
examining the interpretation and techniques used in this BBC
documentary. Lecture and discussion. Evaluating long and
short-term causes. Lecture and notetaking from Darby (or
preferred textbook). A copy of the diagram explaining the impact of
the war is available here.
Higher Level students only: Compare and contrast February 1917
with the earlier attempted revolution in 1905. Complete this table.
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Video BBC History File - The
Soviets (The fall of Tsarism) See the Spotlight section of
Oxley (82-3) or Spartacus for more on Rasputin
and Spartacus for more about Felix Yusupov
his assassin. A St Petersburg museum
has recently put an interesting piece of Rasputin on display.
Darby (68-87) is my preferred explanation of the causes on the
February Revolution. His 'Analysis' (84-86) is particularly useful
and his 'Essay' (87) forms the basis of essay discussion.
Lynch (59-77) offers a rather more traditional,
chronological view with an excellent analysis of the significance of
the revolution (74-6). As always the summary diagrams are very
useful.
Oxley (77-87) offers a good source based
approach. Mason (106-7) the IGCSE
text, has a typically good summary and diagram of the reasons for
the February revolution.
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| Why did the Provisional
Government fail? |
Essay: Compare and contrast
the causes and nature of the two 1917 Russian Revolutions. |
Lynch - Reaction and Revolutions: Russia 1881-1924.
(Chapter 5)
Darby - The Russian Revolution (Chapter 5) |
| Who were the revolutionaries
and who were their opponents? |
Empathy. Online activity
from the Spartacus Educational website. |
Simulation activity sheet. What happened to your character after
1917? |
| How important was Lenin's
role in 1917? |
Document questions. |
Oxley (101-102) |
| So why were there two
revolutions in 1917? |
Lecture |
Lecture notes
Darby is brilliant on this. You should read the whole of chapter
5 but in particular make detailed notes on the analysis section
(97-105)
Oxley -Chapter 5. Pages 109-10 gives a good 7 factor reasons why
the Provisional Government lost support.
Mason (108-110) covers the essentials well.
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| Can you identify key
historical facts about the period and can remember them? |
In groups, design a Hot Potatoes Quiz
for the events about Russia so far studied. |
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