1. Your task for today is to find out what communism is and how it changed the lives of the Russian people. In 1917 there was a revolution ! The Tsar (King) was removed from power and after a butter power struggle, The Russian Empire became the communist, United Soviet States of Russia. (USSR)

2. L.O. To investigate Communist Russia BY THE END OF THIS LESSON... ALL OF US will be able to describe what communism is (4B-4A) EVEN BETTER IF you can explain how Communism would affect the people of Russia. (5C-5B) EXCELLENT IF you can give a judgement whether specific news items should be censored. (5A-6A) CHALLENGE!!! COMPARE A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT TO OUR OWN SYSYTEM OF GOVERNMENT. (5A-7A)

3. USING PAGES 60-61 IN THE TEXTBOOK EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING: WHAT IS COMMUNISM? WHICH GROUPS OF RUSSIANS DID IT APPEAL TO AND WHY? HOW DID COMMUNISM AFFECT THE LIFE IN RUSSIA? WHICH GROUPS OF RUSSIANS DID THIS APPEAL TO, AND WHY? WHAT DID THE FLAG REPRESENT, AND WHY? WHY WERE PEOPLE ACROSS EUROPE WORRIED ABOUT IT SPREADING? CHALLENGE!!! How does this compare to our system of government? CHALLENGE!!! How does this compare to our system of government?

4. A Russian Peasant A communist party member A Business man A factory owner Imagine that you are a reporter investigating Russian responses to Russia becoming Communist. Write a ‘sound bite’ for each of the characters below. Who would like it most and least? Support your opinion with explanation! Who would like it most and least? Support your opinion with explanation!

5. You have looked at how the communist government controlled the media. They did this through a variety of ways, can you think of any? We are going to focus on one specific type of censorship. In Communist Russia there was only one newspaper, the government run ‘Pravda’. Today you are going to play the role of the editor of Pravda. You will need to decide which stories you can put in your newspaper.

6. Below are a list of the key things to consider when deciding whether to publish a story in your newspaper: All stories in the paper must show the greatness of Communism and Russia. All stories must reflect the values of the Communist belief. There should be very little news about other countries. The only stories should be about how bad they are. Below are a list of the key things to consider when deciding whether to publish a story in your newspaper: All stories in the paper must show the greatness of Communism and Russia. All stories must reflect the values of the Communist belief. There should be very little news about other countries. The only stories should be about how bad they are. You must read through the brief summary of the stories that might appear in your newspaper. For each story complete the following tasks: a)Decide whether you would you publish it. b)Explain your decision. You must read through the brief summary of the stories that might appear in your newspaper. For each story complete the following tasks: a)Decide whether you would you publish it. b)Explain your decision.

7. How many of the stories did you agree to publish? Why do you think there was such strict censorship of information in Communist Russia?

8. Homework Another popular form of censorship in Communist Russia was editing books. If a book did not glorify the greatness of Communism or Russia they would often be rewritten to make sure that they carried the correct message. Your homework is to rewrite a story to make sure that it is acceptably communist. You could use any book or well known story for example: A nursery rhyme or fairytale. The plot of a film. A summary of a book you have read. Your homework is to rewrite a story to make sure that it is acceptably communist. You could use any book or well known story for example: A nursery rhyme or fairytale. The plot of a film. A summary of a book you have read.