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January 18, 2006
Lesson #2 - Russia Introduction
Today's focus will be on Russia. We'll do a little introductory work together, but you'll also have some work time.
We'll start with looking at the "Global Security" section of the Global Progress Report, 2006 article.
With Russia, you do an independent project that I've called the "VIP" project. (With China, you do something in a group.) Basically, you'll "become" one of Russia's major figures and "appear" in class at the appropriate time. Today, we'll draw for roles, and you'll also get a sense of what the project is about. I'd anticipate that we'll hear from the first group on February 1st... Here are the figures from which you will draw. (Those with a * are not in the 4th hour draw.)
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Elizabeth*
Catherine the Great
Nicholas II
Alexandra*
Rasputin
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Sergei Eisenstein
Leo Tolstoy*
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev*
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Andrei Sakharov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Baryshnikov*
Boris Yeltsin*
Current Events - Yes, you do get to do a couple batches of these during the second semester of Regional Studies. The format will be simple - one story from each of the four regions: Africa, Middle East, Russia and China. You can download a copy of the template from the blog in a day or two. The first batch of these will be due Friday, January 27th. It is expected that you follow the outline format exactly.
Russia reminders... We start the chronology tomorrow, and your Russia geography quiz will be Friday.
Reading for tomorrow: Do the "Global Politics" section of the Global Progress Report, 2006 article. Remember to do the five things for each section.
Posted by mvergin at January 18, 2006 08:00 AM