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4th grade week-long lesson for my homeschool history class. 5 days, 45 minutes/day.

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Blended Learning.

As this is a complex subject, in-person discussion is of great importance for clarification and honing of ideas. There are also a great deal of online resources available on this subject, so the topic lends itself naturally to a blended learning environment.

Care will have to be taken to ensure it is a blended learning environment, and not just a tech-rich environment. One way this is done is through personalization (Maxwell 2016). I am not sure how to incorporate this into this particular lesson, and it is a route I will explore as I further develop this plan.

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National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) Standards:

2B: Analyze how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.

2C: Explain the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and analyze why the revolutionary government progressed from moderate to radical.

4B: Explain the leading ideas of Karl Marx and analyze the impact of Marxist beliefs and programs on politics, industry, and labor relations in later 19th-century Europe.

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The student will learn about the events and motives of the Russian Revolution, about the fall of the Russian monarchy, the Russian Civil War, and the early consequences of communism in Russia.

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The student will watch the videos and read the encyclopedia articles on their own time, while reading and discussing the following books in class:

The Romanovs
Holy New Martyr Elizabeth

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Given a brief definition, the student will be able to match the following phrases to their definition with 80% accuracy: Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Tsar Nicholas II, Provisional Government, Yekaterinburg, Winter Palace, Petrograd, Communism, White Army, Red Army

Given the following events, the student will be able to put them in correct order with 80% accuracy: the publication of the Communist Manifesto, Beginning of World War 1, the abdication of the Tsar, the fall of the Provisional Government, the execution of the Tsar and his family.

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(1818-83). Few individuals in modern history have been as revered and as hated, as quoted and as misunderstood as Karl Marx. Marx is popularly regarded as the father of...

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The Russian leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin was the founder of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the world's first Communist country. Early Life Lenin was born on April 22,...

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History vs. Vladimir Lenin - Alex Gendler

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European Network Remembrance and Solidarity

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Persecution of Christians in the time of Communism in Russia

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Persecution of Christians in the time of Communism in Russia

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Persecution of Christians in the time of Communism in Russia | DW English

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DW News. (2017). Persecution of Christians in the time of communism in Russia . YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://youtu.be/iS15xN0tNtM.

Encyclopedia Britannica, Ins. (n.d.). Vladimir Ilich Lenin. In Britannica Kids. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Vladimir-Ilich-Lenin/353376.

Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. (n.d.). Karl Marx. In Brittanica Kids. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Karl-Marx/353439.

European Network Remembrance and Solidarity. (2018). The Russian Revolution 1917. YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://youtu.be/D1Y102Iq15c.

Maxwell, C. (2016, March 4). What blended learning is- and isn't. Blended learning universe. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://www.blendedlearning.org/what-blended-learning-is-and-isnt/.

Romanov Royal Martyrs. (2019). Elisabeth Feodorovna. YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://youtu.be/0Edio0q3I2Q.

Romanov Royal Martyrs. (2020). The final days of the romanovs. YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_xdwbV8-I&t=183s.

TedED. (2014). History vs. Vladimir Lenin. YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://youtu.be/9N8hsXQapjY.