Planning a Revolution - Role Play exercise

This is a pack which I created as part of a series of lessons looking at the Revolutions that took place in Europe during the 1917-1939 period. Its aim is to get students to realise the need for a range of methods of persuasion and control to be successful and the need to appeal to a wide section of society.

This was used as a starter but I have used it since as a whole lesson task to great effect with students working through the work-booklet in groups of four and then reporting back at the end of the lesson.

I have adjusted the document to make it more generic but it would have more impact if you personalise the booklet by changing the logo for your own schools and also adjusting the school structure to reflect the system your students are familiar with.

It is a very good way to engage all students into considering the really difficult aspects of planning and executing a revolution and sets up perfectly a tangible reference point when dealing with the complex aspects of Modern European History.

Whilst this has been developed for a history classroom it could quite easily be used in Citizenship or Politics lesson.