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California State Standards for Grade 10
– 10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and
the United States.
• 4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects
of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
• 5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in
an industrial economy.
• 6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it,
including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
– 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
• 1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great
War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic
discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in
support of “total war.”
• 3. Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and
outcome of the war.
– 10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.
• 3. Understand the widespread disillusionment with prewar institutions, authorities, and values
that resulted in a void that was later filled by totalitarians.
– 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
• 1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin’s use of
totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
• 2. Trace Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies,
political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., th3.
Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in
Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
• 3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist)
in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
Common Core Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Science for Grades 9 & 10 Students:
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RH 2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate
summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
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RH 3 - Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later
ones or simply preceded them.
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RH 4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing
political, social, or economic aspects of history/social studies.
Common Core Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Science for Grades 9 & 10 Students:
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WHST 2 - Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific
procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
– a. Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and
distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when
useful to aiding comprehension.
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WHST 7 - Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a selfgenerated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple
sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Development of the Russian Revolution Timeline Activity
Directions: With your partner, cut out the following strips of information and put them in chronological
order and place them on the timeline.
Lenin wanted to overthrow the Russia bourgeoisie and create a government controlled by the proletariat.
Lenin hated Czar Nicholas II.
Because he threatened the power of Czar, Lenin was forced to leave Russia and lived in Switzerland in the
early 1900’s.
The friendly relationship between Russian czars and their people began to change in the 1800’s. Nicholas II
became the last czar of Russia in 1894.
By 1917 the Russian people were fed up with the Czar. They were ready to overthrow his power once and
for all!
On January 22, 1905, the Russian army killed hundreds of hungry workers who had peacefully gathered in
front of Czar Nicholas’ winter palace to ask for better working conditions. Strikes and riots broke out across
Russia.
After Bloody Sunday, Nicholas was forced to allow some reforms to take place. He approved the creation
of the Duma, Russia’s first democratic parliament. Some people were satisfied with this limited democracy
and some were not.
Russia started a buildup of industry like many European countries during the Industrial Revolution. Although
there was progress, working conditions were poor, wages were low, and children were forced to work.
Workers (aka the Proletariat) became angry.
Russia was taking a beating in WWI, people were starving because of poverty and lack of food, and
Nicholas’ wife Alexandra began following a strange monk named Rasputin who supposedly spread
corruption in the government.
Czars ruled Russia from 1547 until 1918. They were so powerful that many Russian people viewed them as
gods.
Some Russians followed the communist teachings of Karl Marx. One Marxist group called the Bolsheviks
was led by a man named Vladimir Lenin.
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Development of the Russian Revolution Timeline Activity
Timeline Order
Directions: With your partner, cut out the following strips of information and put them in chronological
order and place them on the timeline.
Czars ruled Russia from 1547 until 1918. They were so powerful that many Russian people viewed them as
gods.
The friendly relationship between Russian czars and their people began to change in the 1800’s. Nicholas II
became the last czar of Russia in 1894.
Russia started a buildup of industry like many European countries during the Industrial Revolution. Although
there was progress, working conditions were poor, wages were low, and children were forced to work.
Workers (aka the Proletariat) became angry.
Some Russians followed the communist teachings of Karl Marx. One Marxist group called the Bolsheviks
was led by a man named Vladimir Lenin.
Lenin wanted to overthrow the Russia bourgeoisie and create a government controlled by the proletariat.
Lenin hated Czar Nicholas II.
Because he threatened the power of Czar, Lenin was forced to leave Russia and lived in Switzerland in the
early 1900’s.
On January 22, 1905, the Russian army killed hundreds of hungry workers who had peacefully gathered in
front of Czar Nicholas’ winter palace to ask for better working conditions. Strikes and riots broke out across
Russia.
After Bloody Sunday, Nicholas was forced to allow some reforms to take place. He approved the creation
of the Duma, Russia’s first democratic parliament. Some people were satisfied with this limited democracy
and some were not.
Russia was taking a beating in WWI, people were starving because of poverty and lack of food, and
Nicholas’ wife Alexandra began following a strange monk named Rasputin who supposedly spread
corruption in the government.
By 1917 the Russian people were fed up with the Czar. They were ready to overthrow his power once and
for all!