Directions
Use the following guidelines to direct your research and note-taking on the Russian Revolution. Follow the two-column notes structure on the tab to the right. The purpose of your note-taking is to understanding each time period well enough to retell this part of “the story” to your group mates.

Time period # 3
1917—1924

Key vocabulary
In your notes on the tab to the right, add and define the terms below, as well as other new and important terms you will use when you retell this part of the story.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Reds, Whites, Cheka, Red Terror, War Communism,
New Economic Policy (NEP), Leon Trotsky

Guiding questions
Your notes on the tab to the right should answer the questions below and you should add answers to your own questions.

What immediate actions did Lenin take following the Oct/Nov Revolution of 1917?
What opposition did Lenin face during the Civil War? How did his “Reds” win the war?
Who was Leon Trotsky? What were his contributions as a Bolshevik leader?
How did Lenin try to fix Russia’s problems following the Civil War?
What uncertainties did the Soviet Union face as a result of Lenin’s untimely death?

Resources
Group A – Print source:

Lenin’s Russia 1917-1924.

Group B – Electronic sources:

Discovery Streaming: Search “Russian Revolution” to view video clips on the topic (Important: focus on 1917-1924 and the Russian Civil War.)
Grolier: Search “Russian Revolution” and other topics to gather details about these people, places, and events in Russian history from 1917-1924.
Videos in my collect folder (nnlong). Watch thinking about time period for this assignment: 1917-1924.

Note:

Websites can be found here (Dragon’s Gate>Connections>LMC). Use your Dragon’s Gate password to login.

Time period: 1917—1924

General key dates major events important people key vocabulary words
Specifics
detailed bullet points definitions, images diagrams key facts, statistics etc.
What immediate actions did Lenin take following the Oct/Nov Revolution of 1917?

What opposition did Lenin face during the Civil War? How did his “Reds” win the war?

Who was Leon Trotsky? What were his contributions as a Bolshevik leader?

How did Lenin try to fix Russia’s problems following the Civil War?

What uncertainties did the Soviet Union face as a result of Lenin’s untimely death?

After the revolution, Vladimir became the head of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Then, he initiated the