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Russian Revolution Thru Animal Farm

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Ages 11-14
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Helping kids understand the concepts behind the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, such as peer pressure and propaganda, as well as the history of what happened during the Russian Revolution.
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10 pre-recorded lessons
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What's included

10 pre-recorded lessons
average 18 mins per video
10 weeks
of teacher support
3 hrs 5 mins
total video learning hours
1 year access
to the content
Homework
1-2 hours per week. There will be weekly handouts and quizzes. There will also be essays written by the students about political leaders at the time and comparison essays written about leaders or situations about today.
Assessment
The student will be graded on the understanding of the material and not personal opinions on political theory.

Class Experience

US Grade 6 - 8
As a self-paced class, it's all about how quickly you want to go through it. The student will be responsible for reading the chapter in their own time outside of class. There will be slideshow/video via PowerPoint presentation discussing the chapter and the social implications behind them. As someone who was assigned the book in public middle school as a child, I understand how politics doesn't always compute with adolescents. In this class we will talk about peer pressure and propaganda, how friends and leaders can use the need to fit in and the desire to help to control other's behavior to help explain what happened during the Russian revolution. 


Chapter 1          Old Major's Dream
Chapter 2          The Rebellion
Chapter 3          Organization of the Farm
Chapter 4          The Battle of the Cowshed
Chapter 5          Napoleon Seizes Power
Chapter 6          It was Snowball
Chapter 7          The Slaughter House
Chapter 8          The Battle of the Windmill
Chapter 9          Boxer's Death
Chapter 10         Manor Farm

There will be handouts for each chapter for the students to complete. Some will include outside reading materials as well as chapter quizzes. It will take up to a week for me to grade and get back.

Halfway through the students will research a key figure in the Russian revolution and write an essay on that leaser. At the end the student will write a longer essay describing the political climate of the book and comparing it to the political climate of today. Students are encouraged to write about their own culture, society, and country since not everyone will be from the same place and have the same ideas. As this is not an English/writing class, and not everyone has English as a first language, I will be grading based on the student's ability to understand and explain their opinions on the book and not their grammar and spelling.

Learning Goals

Understanding the Russian Revolution through Animal Farm

Syllabus

Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
10 Lessons
over 10 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Chapter 1
 Old Major's Dream 
45 mins of video lessons
Lesson 2:
Chapter 2
 The Rebellion 
Lesson 3:
Chapter 3
 Organization of the Farm 
29 mins of video lessons
Lesson 4:
Chapter 4
 The Battle of the Cowshed 
26 mins of video lessons

Other Details

Parental Guidance
This is a fictional story based on the Russian revolution. The students will be doing some of their own research into this time period.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Animal Farm, student's choice of sources for essay about political leader.

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Joined August, 2019
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in History from UMass Lowell
Associate's Degree from Mass Bay
I have a degree in History as well as passed my teaching test in Massachusetts. I use my love of History and facts to help children understand that history is conceived of real people who did real things. I found Social Studies class boring as a child because the teachers concentrated mostly on dates and statistics rather than the humans behind the events. I use the historical documents and primary sources to bring the past to life. 

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