Russian Revolution 1917: A Timeline
PowerPoint presentation and task sheets featuring the key figures and events that led to the Bolsheviks seizing power and the end of the Romanov dynasty in 1917.
1. PowerPoint presentation and PDF copy
2. Three A3 PDF task sheets:
• Completed photo timeline
• Photo timeline: Add text to complete
• Blank document to add photos and text to make a timeline
3. A4 PDF/Word task sheets
40 slide power point looking at the Russian Civil War
What is a Civil War?
Who was involved in Civil War - Source task
Overview of the Russian Civil War - info slide
The Whites
The whites - map work
The Greens - inc. task
The Greens - map work
The Reds - inc. task
The Reds map work
Source - Reds V Whites
Causes of the Russian Civil War - overview
Causes of the Russian Civil War - Constituent Assembly
Causes of the Russian Civil War - Treaty of Brest Litivsk
Causes of the Russian Civil War - intervention by great Powers
Great powers - source task
Events of the Civil War - overview
Causes of the Russian Civil War - task (inc. worksheet)
Key events from the Russian Civil War - Tsar’s murder
Key events from the Russian Civil War - Polish - Soviet War - Inc video link
Key events from the Russian Civil War - Kronstadt Rebellion
Key events from the Russian Civil War - Kronstadt Rebellion source task
Key events from the Russian Civil War - formation of the USSR
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War? - Overview
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - Foreign forces throughout Russia
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - Geography
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - Propaganda
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - role of Trotsky
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - Role of Trotsky - source task x2
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - genuine support
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War - Economic Policy (briefly)
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil Wa - Red Terror
Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil Wa - Red Terror - source task
This is one lesson from a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for GCSE History but has also been used very effectively at KS3 level.
Each lesson contains as a minimum:
• Recap from previous lesson
• Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!)
• Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons)
• Text with comprehension questions
• A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task.
• A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task
• Stretch questions.
• Video links.
The 17 lessons are as follows:
Russia and its discontents (free)
1905 Revolution (free)
The First World War (free)
Rasputin
February Revolution
Mid-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check
Provisional Government
October Revolution
Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win?
Russian Civil War – War Communism
Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy
Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy
End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria.
Hope they help.
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A simple, photo based retelling of this traditional Russian story designed for sensory students with PMLD or SLD across all age ranges. Music tracks from YouTube are included at the end of this PowerPoint. The story includes ideas for different sensory props to include and involve your students.
Key Stage 3 lesson for a scheme of work on The Rise of The Dictators. In this lesson we look at the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its causes. We begin by looking at Tsar Nicholas II, we then watch a video clip on the reasons for the Revolution. We use info cards and visual hexagons to examine the causes in more detail. We then look at the rise of the Bolsheviks and the pupils create a scroll through history to explain the events of the rise of Bolshevism. We look at a source featuring Lenin and finish on a “to what extent” question.
I hope this proves useful and saves you some time.
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GCSE Russian general conversation questions, with two sets of model answers, for each of the 5 Edexcel themes (all subtopics within each theme are covered).
Alternative models answers are written in a humorous way with a view to evoke an emotive response and hopefully have some fun whilst learning the essentials.
Students can adapt the model answers to write their own individualised answers as part of their preparation for the GCSE speaking exam.
38 pages.
Russian Revolution –
This is a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for junior/seniors but has also been used very effectively lower down the school.
In addition, it includes the 63 flashcard keyword trading card game AND a 44 page Revision Guide featuring 100s of activities and a webpage to support 18 teacher videos and 5 self marking quizzes
Each lesson contains as a minimum:
• Recap from the previous lesson
• Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!)
• Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons)
• Text with comprehension questions
• A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task.
• A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task
• Stretch questions.
• Video links.
The 17 lessons are as follows:
Russia and its discontents (free)
1905 Revolution (free)
The First World War (free)
Rasputin
February Revolution
Mid-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check
Provisional Government
October Revolution
Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win?
Russian Civil War – War Communism
Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy
Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy
End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria.
Hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
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This is my A Level History Coursework on the topic of the Russian Revolution. The question is ‘To what extent was there more changes than continuity in the way Russia was ruled between 1855 – 1956?’ The word count is just under 4,500 and I received 33/40 in this essay (A*). Perfect for anyone who wants to understand the writing style and what is required for top marks. Full bibliography, footnotes and referencing included.
This resource is perfect for beginner learners of Russian language. Each flashcard has a name of colours in Russian.
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This lesson is titled: Why did Russia leave the ‘Great War’?
It covers a range of short-term causes of the 1917 revolution, including Rasputin’s influence, failures of the Tsar, impact of the First World War.
It builds on some prior knowledge of
a) causes of WW1
b) context of Russia in the early 20th century
c) events of 1905
Lesson objective: to investigate the causes of the February 1917 revolution
This lesson is entitled ‘How did the Bolsheviks seize power?’
L.o. To describe the October revolution and explain why the Bolsheviks were successful
It includes a video task, fully resourced timeline activity and recap plenary
This is one lesson from a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for GCSE History but has also been used very effectively at KS3 level.
Each lesson contains as a minimum:
• Recap from previous lesson
• Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!)
• Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons)
• Text with comprehension questions
• A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task.
• A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task
• Stretch questions.
• Video links.
The 17 lessons are as follows:
Russia and its discontents (free)
1905 Revolution (free)
The First World War (free)
Rasputin
February Revolution
Mod-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check
Provisional Government
October Revolution
Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win?
Russian Civil War – War Communism
Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy
Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy
End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria.
Hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
UPDATED for the syllabus changes of 9489 for examination from 2027.
This is a complete set of lessons to teach this unit. It is really easy to follow and ready to teach. It includes plenty of information, activities for students (research, collaborative, etc.) and has helped my students achieve excellent results throughout the years. It is based on the use of the new Hachette texbook: Cambridge International AS Level History: Modern Europe 1774-1924, but could easily be adapted for other textbooks including the old Hodder one.
I prepared it using the CIE scheme of work and have included plenty of Paper 2 questions and their Mark Schemes.
Enjoy!
This bundle contains is 56 pages in total and contains 3 workbooks covering 3 subtopics of the abote theme:
-жизнь российской молодеёжи: здоровье, отдых, новые технологии;
-образование: система образования, жизнь российских школьников;
-мир труда: отношение к труду, равноправие, возможности для молодых россиян.
The workbooks contains:
a broad list of exam-style questions for each subtheme;
a separate list of model extended answers to exam-style questions;
a variety of texts to cover the topic (e.g. youth problems, modern hobbies, problems of young people in modern Russia, what is the government doing to improve the situation, the problem of loneliness, spare time)
infographics to enable further discussion;
comprehension questions and questions for further discussion, vocabulary exercises
The texts can also be used to practise translation skills.
Graphs can be used to practise the use numerals in all cases and as a starting point for discussing the topic.
All texts and exercises are developed in line with Edexcel GCE Russian specification for the level of vocabulary and grammar required at that level.
The worksheet is also appropriate for anyone learning Russian towards B1-B2 level and interested in expanding their general knowledge and vocabulary on the topic of modern Russian society
This ready-to-use resource introduces students to key праздники в России (Russian holidays) through short informational texts and structured activities designed for GCSE-level study.
It works well as a full lesson, revision booklet, cover work, or independent learning/homework pack.
What’s included
Topic discussion questions to build speaking and cultural knowledge (e.g., traditions for Epiphany, Maslenitsa, 8 March, Victory Day, Knowledge Day).
Reading texts on major celebrations including: Крещение, Масленица, 8 марта, 23 февраля, Пасха, 1 мая, 9 мая, День семьи/любви/верности, Иван Купала, 1 сентября, День народного единства.
Comprehension and grammar-in-context practice: creating questions to the texts and a 20-sentence gap-fill task.
Skills covered (GCSE-aligned)
Reading for gist and detail using authentic-style cultural texts.
Translation practice (RU→EN and EN→RU) using short paragraphs on the theme of holidays and traditions.
Exam-style writing tasks: a short letter (60–65 words) and a short article (90–110 words) connected to culture and traditions.
GCSE Speaking in Russian
NEW SPECIFICATION (first certification from 2019)
This papers includes a candidate cards and a teacher cards.
Paper 2. Speaking in Russian.
Task 1:
Role play:
Topic 1: School life: Books
Topic 2: Daily life: Birthday party
Topic 3: Ambitions: Volunteering
Topic 4: Holiday: Summer camp
Topic 5: Future aspirations: Work, study
Task 2:
Pictured-based task
Topic 1: Global dimensions: Environment
Topic 2: School life: Library
Topic 3: Local area: Town, City
Topic 4: Daily life: Healthy lifestyle
Topic 5: Daily life: Transport
Topic 6: Family, Identity: Pets
Task 3:
Conversation - General information
A free sheet for pupils to design their own Russian doll and colour in. This could be used to encourage a design competition either within the classroom or the whole school.
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