Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939: Key Topic 2

These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 2 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students!

The lessons cover:
● Hitler’s early career: joining the German Workers’ Party and setting
up the Nazi Party, 1919–20.
● The early growth and features of the Party. The Twenty-Five Point
Programme and the role of the SA.
● The Munich Putsch: Events
● Putsch Significance
● The Lean Years
● Reasons for limited support for the Nazi Party, 1924–28. Party
reorganisation and Mein Kampf. The Bamberg Conference of 1926.
● Depression: The growth of unemployment – its causes and impact. The failure of successive Weimar governments to deal with unemployment from
1929 to January 1933.
● Reasons for the growth in support for the Nazi Party, including the
appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, the effects of propaganda and the
work of the SA.
● How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932–33: Political developments in 1932. The roles of Hindenburg, Brüning, von Papen and von Schleicher.
● Assessment
●Assessment feedback and mark scheme