Mapping Imagined Geographies of Revolutionary Russia

Lesson Plans

The “Lesson Plans” made available here outline projects that teachers can incorporate into a number of different kinds of course as a project using MAPRR as a resource. Some of these lesson plans take only one class meeting, while others are 2-3 periods long. All require both oral and written response from the student.

Below is a categorized a list of the currently available lesson plans

Lesson plan on word recognition and vocabulary games for a beginning Russian language course

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Celia Leckey, Lecturer, Russian, Northern Virginia Community College, 2021.

Lesson plan on writers and geography for an intermediate Russian language course

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Language

Author

Maria Mabery, Lecturer, Russian, Northern Virginia Community College, 2021.

“Imagining the Geography of Odessa”: for “Literature of Revolution,” a basic-level undergraduate Russian literature course

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Literature

Author

B. Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz,Master Instructor, Russian, Howard University, 2021.

“Experiencing Revolution through Poetry”: for an undergraduate senior seminar for Russian Studies majors

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Literature

Author

Justin Wilmes, Assistant Professor, Russian Studies, East Carolina University, 2021.

“Esenin, Russia, and Rus’”: for an undergraduate senior seminar for Russian majors, ““Russia, Rus’, and Rodina: National Identity in Pre-Revolutionary Russian Literature”

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Literature

Author

Adrienne M. Harris, Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures, Baylor University, 2021.

“Writers’ Emotional Communities in War and Revolution”: for “Soviet Literature,” a graduate seminar in Russian literature

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Literature

Author

Edith W. Clowes, Brown-Forman Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia, 2021.

“Russia’s Regions in War and Revolution”: for “Slavic Studies,” a basic-level introduction to the history, politics, and culture of Russia and Eastern Europe

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History/ Area Studies

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Steven Jug, Lecturer, History/ Modern Languages and Literatures, Baylor University, 2021.

“Revolutionary Subjectivity: How Geography and Identity Affected Revolutionary Experiences”: for an advanced undergraduate seminar on revolutionary Russia

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History/ Area Studies

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Colleen M. Moore, Assistant Professor, History, James Madison University, 2021.