Rise of the Dictators
This lesson aims to challenge preconceptions and assumptions that Hitler was a monster from birth, determined to commit mass murder and genocide.
Growing up with his parents, his schooling, his move to Vienna and his life as a soldier are scrutinised as students have many opportunities to make judgements which are ultimately challenged at the end.
The lesson starts with finding out what the students know about Germany after World War 1 and which statements Hitler could have said or supported during his life.
The lesson includes a lot of visual evidence (such as Hitler’s propaganda posters) and well as video evidence of his life as a young boy.
There is a differentiated research activity in which there is a chance for students to conduct their own independent investigations before reporting their final conclusions to the class.
This lesson would also be ideal for a non specialist or as preparation for GCSE if you are embedding source skills, teaching the interwar years or World War 2 at Key Stage 4.
The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning.
The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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This bundle follows the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum - challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world, 1901 to the present day with a focus on the rise of Dictators The aims of this bundle are to know and assess the characters and personalities of a number of Dictators of the Twentieth Century and understand how they have shaped our history today. I have also created and used these lessons to challenge and engage students and to show how much fun learning about this part of history really is. Students will learn and understand key historical skills throughout such as change and continuity in Dictatorships of the Twentieth Century, the causes and consequences of Castro’s Cuban Revolution and the similarities and differences of Dictators such as Hitler and Stalin. They will also learn about the significance of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and his subsequent murder, the execution of Saddam Hussein as well as interpretations as to how much love their was for Chairman Mao in China. The lessons are as follows: L1 Tsar Nicholas L2 Adolf Hitler L3 Josef Stalin L4 Benito Mussolini L5 Chairman Mao L6 Fidel Castro L7 Saddam Hussein L8 Idi Amin L9 Robert Mugabe L10 Francisco Franco This bundle includes some retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials. All lessons come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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