Resources for Teaching about the Russian Revolution Griffin Creech UNC CSEEES

Purposes Respond to needs and concerns of educators Time for question and answer period List of freely accessible resources available: http://guides.lib.unc.edu/1917

Lack of Student Knowledge and Resources Students need background and introduction Non-text/visual based introductions “Russia’s Big Revolution” – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiyqklftoDc The Deepening of the Russian Revolution: 1917 – interactive timeline broken down by group http://web.mit.edu/russia1917/index.html 15 Minute History Podcast – UT Austin – two episodes cover revolutions http://15minutehistory.org/

How to Integrate Russia into Larger Lessons Time constraints, curriculum standards Often taught as part of WWI 70% teach as part of larger lesson

Resources Chronicling America – Library of Congress http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Searchable collection of American newspapers (1789-1924)

Resources Teaching revolution as part of NC history North Carolina Digital Heritage Center – collection of searchable NC newspapers http://www.digitalnc.org/collections/newspapers/ Search instructions available on http://guides.lib.unc.edu/1917

“Extra information or readings that can help explain Russian history from a Russian perspective would be phenomenal”

Resources Seventeen Moments in Soviet History Wide range of video materials, primary sources, and short texts on various periods of Soviet history (1917-1991) http://soviethistory.msu.edu/

“Most of my students find the revolution itself interesting but know little about Russia or Russian culture. Most students (and faculty) view Russia only in stereotypes”

Resources Use of social media - Twitter Presenting revolution through literature, visuals, or accounts of those who lived through it

#1917LIVE

Who are you in 1917 Russia? Moscow Times interactive quiz (in English) that rates students on Russia’s 1917 political spectrum

Literature and Films Literary and artistic output of revolution Sholokhov, And Quiet Flows the Don Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita ; Heart of a Dog Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago Eisenstein’s 1924 film Stachka (Strike) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLiNKaUp0AA

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