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What caused a revolution in 1905? Lesson outcomes: To describe the long term, short term, catalyst and spark of the 1905 Revolution To assess how each of the above caused the revolution To evaluate the significance of each cause of the revolution Starter – what do we mean by a revolution?

Starter Answer the questions as best as you can Revolution [insert your choice of revolution here] How? Where? Who? Why [identify typical causes]? When? What?

Typical causes of revolution Do we know if any of the following could have been a cause of revolution in Russia in 1905? Discuss with a partner and choose 2. Explain how you think these things could have led to revolution in 1905, based on what you know a) Wanting more democracy b) Economic distress c) A revolutionary philosophy or set of ideas d) Wanting political change e) Wanting a new leader f) Losing a war g) Lack of confidence in existing government h) Leaders who put forward a different way of running society i) Mismanagement of the economy by the government

5 W questions Read the extract and answer the questions. Bloody Sunday w/s Read the extract and answer the questions.

Timeline of the 1905 Revolution Jan 1905 – Bloody Sunday – Port Arthur surrenders to Japan Feb 1905 – Assassination of Grand Duke Sergei – Major strike involving 400,000 workers April 1905 – Peasant uprising, Kursk province May 1905 – Battle of Tsushima June 1905 – Mutiny on Potemkin Battleship Oct 1905 – Railway workers strike – Creation of St Petersburg Soviet – October Manifesto

Was Tsar Nicholas II mainly to blame for the 1905 Revolution? Economic causes LTerm Social causes LTerm Political causes LTerm 1905 Revolution Discuss – can students make any links between the factors / students could draw a similar diagram and explain how each factor contributed to the start of the revolution – Decide to what extent Nick was to blame for each factor. If nick was completely or mostly to blame add a large red N by the factor. Partly to blame (smaller Blue N); not to blame add nothing. Bloody Sunday - Spark Russo-Japanese War - STerm

Long-term causes – Social causes - Economic causes Political causes Divide a sheet of A3 paper divided into three columns Then, go through pages 29 – 30 Murphy and add info under each heading CHALLENGE – Can you draw links between any of the long term causes? Even better, can you explain them? Which individual long term cause is the most important and why? Which category of long term cause is the most important and why?

Immediate causes – The Russo-Japanese War Write this title on the top of an A4 sheet Research the Russo-Japanese War and write up how it was a catalyst for the Revolution (Page 31) CHALLENGE – Highlight political aspects in one colour, social aspects in another, and economic in a third colour

The Spark (short term cause) 9 January 1905 Bloody Sunday – Tsar’s troops fired on peaceful demonstrators – Page 31-2 Have a final A4 sheet and do the same as you did for the Russo-Japanese cause for this spark

Was Tsar Nicholas II mainly to blame for the 1905 Revolution? Task: Decide to what extent Nicholas II was to blame for each factor. If Nicholas II was completely or mostly to blame add a large Red N by the factor. Partly to blame (smaller Blue N); not to blame add nothing. Economic causes LTerm Social causes LTerm Political causes LTerm 1905 Revolution Discuss – can students make any links between the factors / students could draw a similar diagram and explain how each factor contributed to the start of the revolution – Decide to what extent Nick was to blame for each factor. If nick was completely or mostly to blame add a large red N by the factor. Partly to blame (smaller Blue N); not to blame add nothing. Bloody Sunday - Spark Russo-Japanese War - STerm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYLJ_mlgQjg Quick overview

Was Tsar Nicholas II mainly to blame for the 1905 Revolution? Economic causes LTerm Social causes LTerm Political causes LTerm CHALLENGE – Can you draw links between any of the long term causes? Even better, can you explain them? Which individual long term cause is the most important and why? Which category of long term cause is the most important and why? 1905 Revolution Discuss – can students make any links between the factors / students could draw a similar diagram and explain how each factor contributed to the start of the revolution – Decide to what extent Nick was to blame for each factor. If nick was completely or mostly to blame add a large red N by the factor. Partly to blame (smaller Blue N); not to blame add nothing. Bloody Sunday - Spark Russo-Japanese War - STerm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYLJ_mlgQjg

Long Term Short Term Immediate Poor working conditions: - workers wanted higher wages and shorter hours. The government policies to develop Industry, such as high taxation, had disastrous affects on the people. Father Gapon led a march to deliver a petition to the Tsar asking for reform. They were slaughtered by Kossacks. Peasants had to make redemption payments over 40 years for their freedom in 1861. The economic slump led to high unemployment and anger amongst the working classes. Tsar Nicholas II never visited the factories or farms and had little understanding of their conditions. There were poor harvests in 1900 and 1902. This resulted in starvation and attacks on land owners houses. Peasants were dissatisfied with their living conditions and how land was divided up. Many middle class people were angry that the Tsar would not share his power. The governments violent and oppressive policies led to the persecution of the people. E.g. POGROMS People blamed the Tsar for the losing the war against Japan and conditions in towns deteriorated bringing the workers to breaking point. Russia had expected an easy victory to raise morale. They were embarrassed to lose against a ‘second rate power’. The Russian fleet had sailed for six months to engage the Japanese and was destroyed in under an hour. There were nation wide food shortages due to the war effort.

Plenary – argue! Argue it with your neighbour – one of you should agree, the other should disagree ‘Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War was the main cause of the Revolution.’ Reflectiveness

Essay questions How far was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution? To what extent was the tsarist government responsible for the 1905 Revolution? How far was the Tsar’s failure to share political power responsible for widespread rebellions and protests in 1905? To what extent was the lack of political reform the main cause of the 1905 Revolution?

Essay questions How far was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution? To what extent was the tsarist government responsible for the 1905 Revolution? How far was the Tsar’s failure to share political power responsible for widespread rebellions and protests in 1905? To what extent was the lack of political reform the main cause of the 1905 Revolution?

Exam focus See my revision notes page 16 for sample A grade essay on this topic. Students to highlight evidence of PEEL Murphy exam focus page 37 Study History worksheet

Homework ‘How far was the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 revolution?’ Study History sheet available.