Rock, Paper, Scissors

1. How did you feel at the start of the game?2. How did you feel when you ran out of points and had to

quit the game?3. What tactics could you have used to get back into the

game? 4. Do you think the game was unfair? Why or why not?

State your reasons.5. What action could the teacher take, if any, to make the

game fair? Should the teacher take such an action? Why or why not?

Students started with their own tokens

Students played Rock, Paper, Scissors

Some students won, most lost

Discussed how winners and losers felt

Planned to get tokens back (i.e. stealing, etc.) and argued about games fairness

Teachers redistributed tokens evenly

Teacher collected tokens

Students would refuse to play game and choose to share tokens

Students all have the same tokens

Teacher would no longer need to supervise

A. The Reign of Nicholas IIConditions:

Tsar Nicholas II = weak

Results:

Instability

People wanted more say

B. The 1905 RevolutionConditions:

Bloody Sunday

Results:

Revolts

Soviets organized

C. World War I in Russia

Conditions:

Drawn in by alliances

More strain on unstable situation

Rasputin

Results:

Huge losses

Discontent at home

D. The February RevolutionConditions:

Protest

“Bread and Peace”

Results:

Tsar abdicates (steps aside)

Provisional Government

E. Lenin and the October Revolution

Conditions:

Lenin, a Marxist sneaks into Russia

“Land, Bread, and Peace”

Red Guard gains power

Results:

Russian revolution - Oct. 25th, 1917

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Civil war – Reds vs. Whites

F. Soviet Union Under Lenin