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Lesson 1: Conditions for Revolution
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
In this lesson
Today you will
Learn about the concept of political revolution by examining the conditions and problems that led to the Russian Revolution through a gallery walk activity.
Explain causes of revolution using visual evidence by using cause–effect connectors (because, leads to, results in), descriptive academic language (inequality, oppression, instability), and evidence-based explanation frames (The image shows . . . , This suggests . . .).
Essential Questions
How do propaganda and rhetorical techniques influence what people believe and how they act?
Why do revolutions rise, and why do some end up betraying their own ideals?
Texts used in this lesson
Short-Form Text
Photographs of Pre-Revolution Russian Empire
Library of Congress, adapted by Newsela
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