Often communism and the cold war are touched upon in other books that we have read or films that we have watched, so it seemed like a good idea to introduce the topic in an accessible manner in the form of Animal Farm and the Russian revolution.
We read both the original book, and a graphic novel version to make it more accessible to Sam.
They were given a presentation on the connections between Animal Farm and the Russian revolution, with Solomon particularly enjoying the OverSimplified introductory videos:
Finally we watched the 1954 Animal Farm animated film, which all the children enjoyed. Although its differences to the original work did seem to reflect the CIA's financial contribution.
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