Historical Sources- Borscht, Bolsheviks and Blood!

Our Level 2 History class at Tangaroa College is currently studying the history of the Russian Revolution. We are in the middle of their first big credit frenzy of the year with the 2.1 and 2.1 research assessments. Students have a choice of researching one of the major figures in the Russian Revolution like Nicholas II, or Lenin and producing a short biographical pamphlet that relates them to the main historical themes of the topic. One of the requirements for the project is for students to find at least three primary sources they can use for their research. A primary source is not a teacher, or historian writing about something that happened in the past. Think of a primary source as evidence collected from people directly involved in the events.

As a service to my wonderful and busy students, here are some links to primary and secondary sources for this topic. Watch this space for updates!

http://www.alexanderpalace.org/

http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/imprus/rushist.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/txtindex.htm

Welcome to the Tangaroa College History Blog

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
-Napoleon Bonaparte

"'History," Stephen said, "is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.'"
-James Joyce

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
-George Orwell

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
-Winston Churchill

Welcome to the Tangaroa College History blog. This is not an official resource of the school, but it is intended to be a source of information for students. As you can see, I don't take a lot of these pretentious quotes about history seriously. Check this out:

"History is both the story of how we got here and set of tools to help you think and make your way in the world. Nothing more, nothing less."
-Brent Ericson

See? Anybody can come up with this stuff. Instead of boring you, I would rather make this a useful resource. I am going to use this space on the internet to give students some useful links, articles and loads of ridiculous pictures. Hope you enjoy.