GCSE: Impact of WW1 on Germany

This lesson explores the impact of the First World War on Germany. It has been designed specifically to be used for EDEXCEL’s Weimar and Nazi Germany 9-1 GCSE, but it can be adapted as necessary.

Features:

• The lesson is framed around analysis how useful a source is
• The investigation then uses source materials to explore the impacts of the war on Germany
• There is a section where teachers can discuss the Stab in the Back Theory, important for explaining why the Germans didn’t think they actually lost the war
• Finally, the students need to apply their knowledge to analyse how representative (and therefore useful) the original source is.