How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932-33

This Edexcel 9-1 GCSE unit covers around 3 lessons depending upon your class and their overall ability/work rate.

Aims and Objectives:

• To understand the political developments in 1932. The roles of Hindenburg, Brüning, von Papen and von Schleicher. The part played by Hindenburg and von Papen in Hitler becoming Chancellor in 1933.

The Power Point leads students through all activities with accompanying resources. Activities include a starter/paired discussion testing memory on state of Germany in 1932, a break down of each stage of Hitler’s rise which asks students to create memory jogger images at each point, creation of a summary timeline of key events, colour-coding actions of individuals involved and summarising their actions before ranking them according to level of blame, a usefulness exam source question with support and advice (comprehending written sources and reading in context, strategies for evaluating sources) and a final end of unit quiz.