Golden Years: Living Standards in Weimar Germany

Edexcel GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany

Lesson 1 on mini unit on the Weimar Germany Golden Years 1924-1929
Includes a retrieval starter to match up Stresemann’s policies to the problems they solved and a summary of positive and negative outcomes.

Then examines a debate on the extent to which living standards improves (refers to textbook but all stats/ info is on one of the slides). Encourages students to develop explanation/ analysis for themselves for how and why this would improve living conditions.

Segue into WEimar culture- Art looking at Metropolis by Otto Dix and social commentary on divided society in Weimar Germany- Primary source analysis then examination of effect of Weimar Constitution and examination of New Objectivism in German Art/ culture.

This is part of my wider Unit on Weimar Germany but a 3 parter on “how golden were the golden years” as an enquiry/ debate for Interpretations.