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Who was Vladimir Lenin?

This activity uses Russian politician and bolshevik Vladimir Ilyich Lenin as content. You will work in teams of 3 to look into personal and professional life of this politician and the impact he had on the Russian society and history.

“Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.”

Introduction

Russia has always been one of the most influetial countries in the world and to understand its today ´s position in the world, one should have a solid knowledge on its political leaders. Let´s study one of them, Vladimir Ilyich, more deeply.

Task

The department of Slovak History of the Faculty of Arts of Commenius University in Bratislava has decided in order to help young people to get familiarized with key figures of the 20th century, one of them being Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, to publish a unique "newspapers". Your task is to write an article - either in hand-written form or digital form.

Before approaching a task make sure:

1. you understand basic principles of writing an article - click the green button or watch the video

2. you can use past tenses properly - click the green button

3. you can create a mindmap - click the green button to help you with that

Process and Resources

You will work in teams of three, each of you exploring a different aspects of life of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov:

student 1: Vladimir as a son, brother, student, citizen

student 2: Vladimir as a politician and inspirer

student 3: Vladimir as a major historic figure

Student 1

Task 1

To get an access to everything you need to know about Vladimir´s life, find the given collection. Distiguish between documents, articles, popularizatin.

Vladimir_biography, by annaleitnerova

Task 2

Can you match the correct pairs?

Task 3

In studying landuage, accurate usage of preposition is rather important. For more practise do this close test.

When you are done with your individual tasks

- provide the mindmaps on different aspects of Lenin´s life

- have discussion on your findings within the group

- start working on the main task

You will need about 20 minutes to prepare everything properly.

Evaluation

	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Needs Improvement	Below Expectations
Content Quality of InformationRelates to topic, detailed, and accurate 4 points	All information was clear and came from reputable sources. Extensive details and relevant examples were used to support the content.	Used relevant information. Included many details and strong examples that came from reputable sources.	Information related to the topic, but project needed more details and examples to fully support ideas.	Information did not include details or examples that related to the topic. Information did not come from a reliable source.
Design Creativity and OriginalityCreative design and original artwork 4 points	Design was unique and interesting. Used more than five original media items.	Design was original. Used three to five original media items.	Made a few changes to background or layout. Used one or two original media items.	Used only design templates. Media and ideas were not original.
Teamwor kCooperationListens, shares ideas and work, supports team 4 points	Always listened to, shared ideas with, and supported others. Worked consistently for the good of the team.	Listened to, shared ideas with, and supported the efforts of others. Did not disrupt the group.	Did not consistently listen to, share ideas with, or support the efforts of others. Made some effort to be a team player.	Rarely listened to, shared ideas with, or helped other team members. Was not a team player.
Oral Presentation RehearsedMastery of content 4 points	Mastery of props and presentation tool. Complete familiarity with presentation content. Able to answer questions from audience without relying on notes.	Used presentation tool and props successfully.Sometimes relied on notes to answer questions. Presentation content memorized but not mastered.	Relied heavily on notes. Halted frequently. Could not speak about the topic smoothly. Had difficulty using the presentation program or props. Could not answer many audience questions.	Unable to use presentation tool or props successfully. Did not successfully deliver content. Unable to answer questions from the audience about the presentation or topic.