1. If Parliament passes a new law, why do we agree to obey it? Why did some people challenge the legitimacy of the Provisional Government right from the start?  starter activity

2. Did the Provisional Government face an impossible task? To identify the key challenges facing the Provisional Government To evaluate its success or failure  LOs

3. Tauride Palace, Petrograd. The Provisional Government met at one end and the Soviet at the other

4. The members of the Provisional Government. Imagine you are one of the men sitting here. What thoughts are going through your mind? What are the most urgent problems that will need your attention?

5. Challenges Inexperience Inexperience Out-of-touch Out-of-touch Dual authority Dual authority Threat of opposition from political groups or military Threat of opposition from political groups or military Problems facing Russia, e.g. War, economy, social unrest Problems facing Russia, e.g. War, economy, social unrest Unelected – lacked legitimacy Unelected – lacked legitimacy

6.  Your task Complete a table assessing the problems facing the PG. Use Murphy, p.56 and Oxley p.94-6 Complete a table assessing the problems facing the PG. Use Murphy, p.56 and Oxley p.94-6

7.  Extension Produce a factoid on Alexander Kerensky Produce a factoid on Alexander Kerensky Take notes on his early life, political career and his final years Take notes on his early life, political career and his final years Include quotes from contemporaries and historians and a photo (and political cartoons if possible) Include quotes from contemporaries and historians and a photo (and political cartoons if possible) Write a short judgement on whether he had a positive or negative impact on the PG and post- Revolutionary Russia Write a short judgement on whether he had a positive or negative impact on the PG and post- Revolutionary Russia

8.  Your task Hold a press conference with members of the Provisional Government. Try to establish whether the PG did a good job or not under the circumstances. Hold a press conference with members of the Provisional Government. Try to establish whether the PG did a good job or not under the circumstances.

9.  Your task Write a press release on the PG. Include the following: Write a press release on the PG. Include the following: The problems the PG faced when it came to power The problems the PG faced when it came to power The actions (or not) it took to tackle these problems The actions (or not) it took to tackle these problems Your assessment of its success (or failure) Your assessment of its success (or failure)

10.  Extension Read p. 354-84 of Figes and complete a a SWOT analysis of the PG in the period following the February Revolution: Read p. 354-84 of Figes and complete a a SWOT analysis of the PG in the period following the February Revolution: S trengths S trengths W eaknesses W eaknesses O pportunities O pportunities T hreats T hreats

11.  Homework Write a detailed essay-plan for the following question: To what extent is it true to say the PG faced an impossible task? The plan should be a whole side of A4 Include a range of points for & against the question Give examples of evidence you would use in note form

12. Plenary Plenary 3 problems facing the PG in Feb 1917 3 problems facing the PG in Feb 1917 Achievements? Achievements? Failings? Failings?  Extension. Do you think the PG faced an impossible task?  Extension. Do you think the PG faced an impossible task?