War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Iiyich. Ah, the novels of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, aka Leo Tolstoy. Introduce the writings of this famous social reformer with a video that details his life and major works.

Concepts

social commentary, literary analysis, leo tolstoy, anna karenina

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video to as part of an introduction to one of Tolstoy's novels
• Assign the video for out of class viewing, ask pupils to record questions and comments, and to list topics they would want to research in greater depth
• Have groups research the evolution of the various aspects of his political and religious beliefs and present their findings to the class

Classroom Considerations

• Show the video in full screen mode to avoid the posted comments

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The video includes news reel footage and photos

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.11-12.1 SL.11-12.2 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.9