1. How did Hitler consolidate power 1933-1934?

Lesson Objectives
To identify the steps Hitler took in dismantling the Weimar Republic and consolidating his power​

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and makes notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Read pages 62-68 of your textbooks.
  3. Complete the Task on page 64. Answers questions 1-7 then complete the summary activity by summarising the evidence for and against the 3 verdicts. Conclude with your own verdict.​​​

Challenge Yourself!
  1. Explore these eyewitness accounts of the Reichstag Fire.​​​

2. Why did Hitler launch the 'Night of the Long Knives'?

Lesson Objectives
To examine the causes, events and effects of the Night of the Long Knives

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Complete Questions 1-9 on Slide 9 of the PowerPoint.
  3. Read pages 70-74 of your textbooks.
  4. Answer Questions 1-7 on page 73 and Question 1 on page 74.
  5. Download this worksheet on the Night of the Long Knives and complete Activity 1 and 2.
  6. Answer this exam question and put your answers on your GoogleDocs I shared with you: 'Explain one effect of the Night of the Long Knives on Germany.' (4 marks). This is question B from the exam - you only need one paragraph explaining the effects of an event. Start with 'One effect of .... on Germany was.... this was because.... etc'

Challenge Yourself!
  1. General overview of the Night of the Long Knives.
  2. Another overview of the event of the Night of the Long Knives.​​​​​​​​​​

3. What kind of Germany did the Nazis want to create?

Lesson Objectives
​To evaluate the key aims of the Nazi government

Lesson Tasks
  1. Read pages 76-77 of your textbooks, making notes on the key points and answer questions 1-4.​
  2. Read pages 78-79 on Hitler's style of leadership. Answer questions 1-3 then watch this YouTube video -->​​​​

4. How was censorship and propaganda used to control Germany?

Learning Objectives
To identify and explain the ways in which the Nazis tried to both control and publicise information and ideas

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Read pages 110-121 of your textbooks to help you with task 3.​
  3. Using the PowerPoint, complete this worksheet. Give examples of how each area of cultural life/society was both censored and/or used for propaganda. Click here for a PDF version.
  4. Download this diagram of Goebbels's propaganda machine.​
  5. Answer this 10-mark mini-essay question (D) from the exam, answers in your google doc. Use your worksheets, textbooks and Lesson PowerPoint to help answer the question.
    1. Use the source, and your own knowledge, to explain how the Nazis used censorship and propaganda to control Germany in the years 1933-1939 (10 marks)
    2. ​"When Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933, Joseph Goebbels was made Minister of People's Enlightenment and Propaganda. He used censorship and propaganda to campaign for the Nazi party. But he also used them to control the political, cultural and artistic life of Germany." Source A: From a modern text book​​​

5. How was terror and repression used to control Germany?

Lesson Objectives
​To identify the methods of repression used by Hitler's government to control society

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Read pages 80-81 of your textbooks. Make notes on the key features of the SS, Gestapo, Concentration Camps, Informers, Courts and Himmler.
  3. Download this worksheet and complete focus tasks 1-4 on page 202 and Activity Questions 1-3 on page 204.
  4. Now read pages 82-87 of your textbook and complete Question 1 on page 87.

Challenge Yourself!
  1. ​​Good overview of the Nazi Police State and its organisations.
  2. Brief article about the role of the SS (Schutzstaffel).
  3. Interesting review article about the Gestapo and Police State.

6. Why didn't the Nazis destroy the churches?​

Learning Objectives
​To examine how the Nazi Party attempted to control the Churches

Lesson Tasks
  1. Read pages 94-95, make notes and answer questions 1-5.​​​
  2. Read pages 96-97, make notes and answer questions 1-2.
  3. Now answer this question: Why was Hitler able to control the Church in the years 1933-1939? Explain your answer (8 marks)

​Challenge Yourself!
  1. Read this article on Nazi policy towards the Christian church.
  2. Study this excellent revision page from the BBC.
  3. Another overview article about Nazi polices on the Church.

7. How did the Nazis use education to control young people?

Lesson Objectives
​To identify and explain the aims and methods of Nazi education policies

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.​
  2. Read the story of the 'Poisonous Mushroom'.
  3. Download and complete this table (click here for PDF), analysing these sources to find what methods the Nazis used to control education and to identify the purpose of each method.
  4. Read pages 134-135 of your textbooks and answer questions 1-7.
  5. Download, read and make notes from this Lesson PowerPoint.
  6. Read pages 130-133 and complete questions 1-7.
  7. Answer this 10-mark exam question and put your answers on the Google Doc:
    • '​Use the source, and your own knowledge, to explain the changes in the education system under the Nazis in the years 1933-39.'
    • Source A - "The Nazi minister of Education said that the whole purpose of education was to create Nazis. School was to be the ideal place to mould the mind of the child and follow the ideas of the Nazis. Boys were trained in military skills and girls would be educated in domestic skills. The various Nazi youth movements supported these ideas."

Challenge Yourself!
  1. Try solving these Nazi math questions!​
  2. Read this Nazi children's book for more examples of propaganda in education.

8. What did the Nazis want from German women?

Lesson Objectives
To identify the aims of Nazi policies towards women

Lesson Tasks
  1. Read and make notes from pages 136-139 of your textbooks.​
  2. Answer questions 1-3 on page 136 and questions 1-4 on page 138.
  3. Finally, answer questions 1-2 on page 139.

9. Did German people benefit from Nazi rule?

Lesson Objectives
To assess the successes and failures of Hitler's economic policies

Lesson Tasks
  1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.​
  2. Read pages 122-125 of your textbook. Using the sources and the information on these pages, create a table with two columns. In the first, list examples of how industrial workers were better off in Nazi Germany. In the second column, list examples of how workers were not ​better off in Nazi Germany.
  3. Read pages 126-127 of your textbooks and make notes on both the New Plan and the Four-Year Plan.
  4. Stage 1 - Read pages 128-129 of your textbooks and answer questions 1-13.
  5. Stage 2 - Complete tasks A-E on page 129.
  6. Answer this 8-mark exam question and post your answers on your Google Doc:
    1. 'Why were the Nazis able to reduce unemployment in the years 1933-1939? Explain your answer.'
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