Weimar Germany: Hyperinflation

PowerPoint (with 7 slides) and two Word Document that considers what caused the Hyperinflation crisis of 1923, its impact on society and how the Weimar Government dealt with the problem.

Activities include

• Starter activity which requires pupils to recall key statistics related to the Treaty of Versailles.
• Discussion based activity on how the Treaty of Versailles led to the invasion of the Ruhr by the French in 1923.
• Discussion based activity on why the Weimar Government encouraged passive resistance / strikes in opposition to the French.
• Source analysis exercise to establish the consequence of printing money for inflation.
• Matching exercise on groups in German society and the impact of hyperinflation on them.
• Judgment activity on whether different groups benefited or not from hyperinflation.
• Discussion based activity on how Gustav Stresemann’s policies solved the hyperinflation crisis.
• Extension / consolidation chronology activity of the key events.

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

Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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