Russia (Dodson): The Assignment

Mr. Dodson

8^th Cultural Geography

Unit Five (Russia) Presentation Assignment

Research a significant person in Russian history/culture and prepare an oral presentation meeting the following criteria:

1) Length – at least two minutes, not to exceed three minutes

2) Content

     a. Significance – Why is this person famous/important?

      b. Key Events – identify (with dates) key events in the person’s life, including broader context of Russian/European/world history

      c. Story – include at least one specific, interesting anecdote (preferably true!)

3) Organization – clear beginning, middle, end; coherent instead of random rambling

4) Delivery – pronunciation, familiarity with content, eye contact – you may use a notecard or similar aid to remember key dates and names, but you should present to the class and not simply read!

• Vladimir I
• Ivan III (the Great)
• Ivan IV (the Terrible)
• Peter I (the Great)
• Catherine II (the Great)
• Nicholas II
• Lenin, Vladimir
• Trotsky, Leo
• Stalin, Josef
• Khrushchev, Nikita
• Brezhnev, Leonid
• Gorbachev, Mikhail
• Yeltsin, Boris
• Putin, Vladimir
• Dostoevsky, Fyodor
• Pushkin, Alexander
• Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
• Tolstoy, Leo
• Tchaikovsky, Peter
• Kalashnikov, Mikhail
• Kasparov, Garry

Unit Five (Russia) Presentation Assignment             /15

____ Length – at least two minutes, not to exceed three minutes (15 second margins) /3

____ Significance – why is this person famous/important? /2

____ Key Events – identify (with dates) key events in the person’s life /3

____ Story – include at least one interesting story (preferably true!) from this person’s life /2

____ Organization – clear beginning, middle, end; coherent instead of random rambling /2

____ Delivery – pronunciation, familiarity with content, eye contact /3