These are part of a scheme of lessons that build towards answering two question: Why did the Tsar abdicate his throne? and How far you you agree that Lenin was able to establish a strong communist state by 1924? Lesson 1 - 1905 Revolution Lesson 2 - February revolution and abdication Lesson 3 - Introduction to communism / Marxism Lesson 4 - Lenin’s political changes and October Bolshevik revolution Lesson 5 - Military changes, Russian Civil War, Execution of the Romanov family, Reds vs Whites Lesson 6 - Economic policies, War Communism, NEP New Economic Policy, Famine, Grain requisitioning Lesson 7 - Social changes in Lenin’s Russia, Propaganda and censorship, women, children, religion

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. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

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