Nazi Germany: The Nazis in the Golden Twenties

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and two Word Documents that examines Hitler’s reorganisation of the Nazi Party in the 1920s after his release from prison. The lesson also considers how popular the Nazi Party was by 1928 as a result of these changes.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz Starter activity on prior learning; the Munich Beerhall Putsch.
• Source analysis exercise to identify Hitler’s change in approach to gaining power after the failure of the Putsch.
• Gapfill on the key ideas in Mein Kampf.
• Connection activity linking changes to the Nazi Party during the Golden Twenties with their purpose.
• Plenary discussion on the extent the Nazis became popular between 1924-1928 based on statistical evidence such as book sales, seats in the Reichstag and party membership figures.

Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45.

Lesson Length: 45min depending on pace.

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