Current event article: Tibet

What is going on in Tibet?
What does this have to do with the Dalai Lama?
Could it effect the Olympics in China?

Research the above questions and post the results on your Blog.

Create an interactive multimedia PowerPoint

Login to network.
Open PowerPoint.
Open and review the instructions in the file S:\Josephson\Creating interactive multimedia PowerPoints.ppt

Russian Revolution

Go to the Regentsprep.org site. Follow link or navigate to Global History\Change & turning points\Political revolutions.
Scroll down to the Russian Revolution.
Read the section on the Russian Revolution and create a post on your blog that includes the following:

1. three causes of the Russian Revolution
2. define the term Bolshevik
3. two effects of the revoultion

Additional reading about the path to revolution in Russia can be found here.

Rasputin: The Mad Monk!

Make a new post on your blog about Rasputin, the mad Monk who influenced the Romanov family in Russia just before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Links:
The life, powers and influence of Rasputin.
The death of Rasputin (especially the last three paragraphs).

Include the following:

1. A description of the man physically (include photo if possible).
2. Evidence of his special healing powers.
3. Why he was resented by the Tsar and other members of the court.
4. How he was killed.