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Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Webquest. Horizon Middle School 8 th Grade Mrs. Carter November 16, 2012. Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution.
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Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Webquest Horizon Middle School 8th Grade Mrs. Carter November 16, 2012
Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution The novel Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. This means that the characters and events symbolize actual people and events in history. The task of this web quest is to research who and what happened so that you can understand the “story underneath the story,” so to speak.
THE BRIEFING Have you ever blatantly disobeyed authority? Ever wanted to charge or wished you could create new rules and regulations? You may not have realized it, but what you want to do is REVOLT. You've been wanting a REVOLUTION. This is what George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is all about. The story is an allegory, a story that uses fictional characters and events to illustrate a factual situation or particular idea. Each character and event in the story represents a person or event in the Russian Revolution of 1917!
YOUR MISSION Your mission, “should you choose to accept it,” (and you will), is to discover what started the Russian Revolution, what brought about the rise of Socialism, and to connect the historical figures and events with characters and events from the novel. You will present the information by: • Creating a timeline of the Russian Revolution • Comparing Characters • Completing a R.A.F.T. Writing Assignment
PROCESS • Throughout your reading, you will complete a timeline that relates to the novel Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution. • You will be given class time and computer lab time to work on the assignment. Information and resources to complete this task may be found in each Task. • In addition, after reading the novel Animal Farm, you will complete Task 2 and use the information you’ve gathered from your research to present the information in a R.A.F.T. writing assignment.
TASK 1 Your timeline must have at least 8-10 events and include the following events: • February Revolution • October Revolution • Tsar Nicholas II abdicates his throne • Storming of the Winter Palace • Execution of Tsar Nicholas II Please click on the flag for links to the informational sites. YOU MUST INCLUDE SPECIFIC DATES AND WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Resources Timeline Templates: You may print timeline template or use one of the interactive templates by clicking on the image. Assessment Timeline Rubric: • Please click on Timeline for the Timeline Rubric, review expectations, and print a copy to submit with your completed timeline.
Task 2 Character Comparisons After you have completed reading the novel, you will be using all the information you ‘ve gathered on the historical context of Animal Farm in Task 1 to complete Task 2 . • Print out a copy of the Character Comparison Chart • Read the information about the characters from the novel and the Russian Revolution • Select one of the characters from either the novel or from the Russian Revolution • Select one of the R.A.F.T. writing activities to present your character • Click on for the R.A.F.T. Rubric For more information about four of the major characters of the Russian Revolution, click on Characters .
CONCLUSION Lessons of life can be learned from literature as they transcend time. What lessons do you think George Orwell wants us to learn from the Animal Farm?
