Revolution! Day 2 - Class Recap

This is a picture I took of Maria Sharapova carrying the flag of the Russian Federation at the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics. The flag is different from the one the USSR had after the revolution!

Hi everyone,

Another sort of relaxed day in class today, with finishing and presenting our togetherness posters, and starting to learn a little bit about the Russian Revolution. Here's what happened in class:

Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.

Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "I Lived" by OneRepublic, because another thing we have in common is that we are all alive together. :-) Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/2/15:

News Brief - Tyler A.

Finish Posters/Present
Newsflash
Peace, Land, and Bread

Homework: Read the blog! Kento has the next news brief.

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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Tyler A, who selected this story to talk about: CNN.com - Netanyahu: Israel-U.S. 'friendship will weather the current disagreement'. We talked about the Prime Minister of Israel visiting the United States, and both governments having a debate about how best to deal with Iran's nuclear program. We also talked a bit about the weekend, including some pretty crazy "fugitive" game stories.

Kento, you are up for next class.

We also watched VICE News today (which referenced Rwanda!) before moving on.

Finish Posters/Present: The first 20 minutes or so of class was used to finish the artistic representations of what brings the world together - left over from last class. I enjoyed seeing what everyone created, and I will try to do some decorating with them in our classroom! :-)

Newsflash: This is absolutely my favorite way to start a new unit. Good teachers always try and assess where students are at before they teach any specific content (otherwise, we would have no idea if you had actually learned anything or not). If you wanted to see the hilarious "Whose Line is it Anyway?" clip again, here it is:

So awesome. Next, I passed out the "pre-assessment" paper that was geared around going back in time to Russia in 1917. If you did not complete this in class, you absolutely need to do this BEFORE going on to reviewing the presentation. If you missed class, or lost your copy (I will have you turn this in later), here it is to download and print:

Google Drive: "Newsflash" Russian Revolution Pre-Assessment

Again, it does not matter if you do not know very much: make an educated guess!

Peace, Land, and Bread: After the newsflash activity, I started up the Russian Revolution content. Here is the vocabulary list that students were filling out during the presentation (the quiz will be on these terms, next class):

Google Drive: Russian Revolution Vocabulary Terms

I helpfully three hole punched these, as well. See? I listened to your feedback about making notes easier!

Here is the main event - the PowerPoint of the basics of what happened during the Russian Revolution:

Google Drive: "Peace, Land, and Bread: The Russian Revolution" PowerPoint

We only made it through the first two slides of this in class, so we will get back to it and finish next week. Enjoy your weekend, everyone! :-)