AQA A Level History Recap of Year 12 - Democracy and Nazism

For AQA A Level History course Demoracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945.

A lesson/two lessons (depending on pace) to recap the basics covered in Year 12. Basics - key terms, key people, rise to chancellor summary.

Included:

• Power-point
• Worksheet with key terms definitions (in word and PDF in case of formatting errors through save)
• Worksheet with key people (in word and PDF)

Lesson Plan:

1. Open the power-point and show students the slide with terms on. Ask them to copy 9 onto a scrap piece of paper. Begin a Bingo game using your own questions or the completed definitions on the key terms worksheet. (Read the definitions and students tick them off - will test what they remember of the words. When a student has all 9 check the definitions to see if they’ve won).
2. On the back of their scrap paper ask students to write down as many definitions as they can remember.
3. Give students the worksheet with key terms definitions to stick in their books/alternatively you could delete the meaning’s column and ask students to complete it themselves.
4. Print out slides 2 and 3 of the power-point (1 set between 2) and cut out the cards so each pair as a set of 12 cards. Ask students to write on the back of their cards the name of the person and as much about them as they can remember (instructions on slide 4).
5. Go through the people using students contributions. Give them the key people worksheet and ask them to complete it as you go. You can use the slides 5-16 for support.
6. Ask students to create their own groups using the cards and see what they come up with. For example: ally of Hitler vs Hitler’s competitors, Weimar government vs Nazi regime, Dead vs alive etc.
7. You can also ask students to rank in terms of authority/power/closeness to Hitler.
8. Finish the lesson by recapping the situation so far, where it was left off at the end of Year 12: Reichstag Fire, Decree and Enabling Act. Slide 17 provides notes on this.