Welcome! February 21st, 2018 Wednesday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Wednesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to discuss the prompt with your group. Make sure you stay on task!  Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

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Animal farm is an allegory As discussed, an allegory is a story where everything (characters, names, titles, situations, setting, etc.) are symbols or agents Many themes and morals are suggested from the novel animal farm, but one remains constant—the Russian revolution.

What is the Russian revolution? The Russian revolution began at the end of world war I (1914-1921) The ruler at the time was tsar Nicholas (Romanov) The revolution was the product of a civil war within the country and centered on rule and power

Who was involved in the revolution? Russian under Romanov rule Several leaders that rose to power Germany (Nazis) England and united kingdom

Why?...and what was the outcome? Why…what else: power! Romanov rule was completely destroyed Russia was ushered into a new order and under a new rule Division among classes “absolute power completely corrupts.”

What does this have to do with animal farm? Animal farm was written in 1954; is both a dystopia and an allegory George orwell was a writer who wrote and spoke about political injustices Uses his allegory to comment on the corruption of power Each animal, event, and problem can be connected to the Russian revolution (no coincidence…this is purposeful)

Russia’s Last Tsar Since you guys were so great with testing yesterday, we’re going to have an easier day than normal  We’re going to watch a short National Geographic film called “Russia’s Last Tsar” As we watch, make sure you pay attention and respond to the film questions – they’ll come in handy for our activity tomorrow!