Daily Life in Russia People and Culture

Russian Culture

●We will KNOW key attributes to Russia’s culture.

●We will UNDERSTAND how Russia’s culture influences how it’s
citizens live.

●We will be ABLE TO compare and contrast culture in Russia and
the United States using a Venn diagram.

Ethnicity

●Many different groups have
been absorbed over the years.

●Russian is the largest ethnicity
(80%).

●Other ethnicities include
Finnish, Turkic, and Mongolian

Open Ended

What is one potential benefit of people with different ethnicities living with one another?

Religion

●Mostly Orthodox Christianity

●Buddhism and Islam

●Judaism declined due to
persecution

Art & Literature

●Religion and art are tied closely
together.

●Golden Age of Art was under
Peter the Great (1682 - 1725).

●Writers Aleksandr Pushkin and
Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote
about Czarist Russia in the 18th
and 19th centuries.

Multiple Choice

What is the main religion in Russia?

• Islam
• Buddhism
• Orthodox Christianity

• Hinduism

“People and Cultures in Russia”

Instructions:

1.As a group, read “People
and Cultures in Russia”.

Expectations:

1.Whisper

2.

Everybody reads.

“Daily Life in the U.S.”

Instructions:

1.As a group, read “Daily Life
in the U.S”.

Expectations:

1. Whisper

2.

Everybody reads.

Put it Together!

Instructions:

1. As a group, discuss
similarities and differences
between Russian and
United States culture.

2.

Use the similarities and
differences discussed to
complete a Venn Diagram.

Expectations:

1. Whisper

2.

Everybody discusses.

3.

Everybody writes.

Exit Ticket

Exit Ticket Expectations

1.You are working silently.

2.

You are working independently.

3.

You are only using your brain power
- no notes!

4.

You are writing in full, complete
sentences.

5.

You are doing your best - you’ve got
this! (: