Did the Nazis really achieve an 'economic miracle'?

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This lesson is titled “Did the Nazis really achieve an economic miracle?”

The lesson begins with a starter activity in which students pick out the Odd One Out (the others all being related to the Nazi economy). There is then three graduated lesson criteria. Slides of background knowledge are very detailed and enable teacher exposition. After this, students are asked to place key points on a dartboard diagram to decide if they agree or disagree with the Key Question The main activity is then introduced in which students pair up the dominoes questions and answers, in order to prepare for an extended piece of written work. The lesson ties together as the lesson objectives are revisited. There are then two plenary activities, a Deal or No Deal task and then a trash can activity in which students come to the front to place knowledge learned in one of two trash cans (yes they did achieve an economic miracle and no they did not). I hope you enjoy it as much as my students do! It has been designed for high school students and is written in UK English.

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