1. Resources for Teaching about the Russian Revolution
Griffin Creech
UNC CSEEES

2. Purposes Respond to needs and concerns of educators
Time for question and answer period
List of freely accessible resources available:

3. Lack of Student Knowledge and Resources
Students need background and introduction
Non-text/visual based introductions
“Russia’s Big Revolution” – YouTube
The Deepening of the Russian Revolution: 1917 – interactive timeline broken down by group
15 Minute History Podcast – UT Austin – two episodes cover revolutions

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

5. Resources
Chronicling America – Library of Congress
Searchable collection of American newspapers ( )

6. Resources Teaching revolution as part of NC history
North Carolina Digital Heritage Center – collection of searchable NC newspapers
Search instructions available on

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

9. Resources Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
Wide range of video materials, primary sources, and short texts on various periods of Soviet history ( )

10. “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”

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

12. #1917LIVE

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

17. 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)

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