Germany 1919–1939
In this module you will learn:
THREE phases of German history 1919–1933.
FIVE differences in the Constitution, 1914 versus 1919.
FIVE problems the Weimar government faced, 1919-1923 [ILRIM]
SEVEN causes of the Weimar government’s problems [CROAPOP]
The 25-point programme of the Nazi Party
The FOUR principles of Mein Kampf.
The FIVE causes of the Munich Putsch [Why Nazis Supported Munich Battle]
FOUR results of the Munich Putsch [Defeat? Tell Me Something!]
FOUR reasons the Weimar republic survived [FASS]
SIX things Stresemann achieved [DIFFER]
FIVE ways Hitler reorganised the Nazi Party, 1924–1928.
NINE reasons Hitler came to power in 1933 [LIMP PAPER]
EIGHT steps to becoming dictator.
SEVEN ways the Nazis controlled Germany.
SIX social groups Nazi rule affected.
You must assemble the following work:
1. r A list of exam questions on Germany 1919–33.
2. r A Germany 1919–33 reading list.
3. r Notes on ‘The Weimar republic’.
4. r A diagram sheet on Germany’s government in 1914 and 1919.
5. r A factsheet ‘What problems faced the Weimar Republic?’ [ILRIM].
6. r An essay: ‘What problems faced the Weimar Republic?’
7. r A wordsearch: ‘Weimar Problems’
8. r Notes on how Hyperinflation affected Germans in 1923.
9. r Factsheet: ‘Why was the Weimar Republic unstable?’ [CROAPOP].
10. r An essay: ‘Why was the Weimar Republic unstable?’
11. r Notes on ‘What did the Nazis believe?’
12. r Factsheet: The Twenty-Five Points.
13. r Notes on the Munich Putsch.
14. r Factsheet: ‘How did the Weimar Republic survive?’ [FASS].
15. r Notes on the cultural achievements of the Weimar republic.
16. r Notes on: ‘The Nazis in the Wilderness, 1924–28.’
17. r An project essay on Hitler’s rise to power, 1929–33 [LIMP PAPER].
18. r A revision sheet: Germany, 1919–33.
19. r Notes on: ‘How Hitler took all power.’
20. r A wordsearch: ‘Methods of Nazi control’
21. r An essay: ‘How did Nazi rule affect the Germans?’
Have you read:
C Culpin, Making History (Collins), Ch 7
Josh Brooman, Germany 1918-45 (Longman)
Richard Radway, Germany 1918-45 (Hodder)
Alan White, The Weimar Republic (Collins)
William L Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (Pan)
, New Words
Republic: a country without a king or queen.
Reichstag: the German parliament.
Democracy: where the government is elected.
Constitution: the way a government is set up
Source A The Weimar Republic
This British cartoon from At the end of October 1918, the German navy mutinied.
1919 shows the Kaiser Rebellion spread throughout the country. In November
booted out of Germany. Germany was forced to drop out of the First World War.
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and fled the country.
Source B A new Republic was declared. In January 1919, elections
The German were held for a new Reichstag and in February 1919, in
Weimar Republic the town of Weimar, a new government was agreed.
was doomed from Freidrich Ebert was elected President of the new Republic.
the start.
Written by a modern Germany did not just get a new government. The Allies
historian. made sure that Germany got a different kind of
government. Before 1914, the government of Germany
was almost a military autocracy; after 1919, it was a
Source C parliamentary democracy.
The new
government had
inherited a difficult
situation, but to say Germany 1919–1933
it was doomed is The history of Germany 1919–1933 falls into three phases:
unfair.
1919–1923
Written by a modern
At first the Weimar Republic had great difficulties:
historian.
a. Left wing rebellions
b. All people were angry with it
c. Right-wing rebellions and terrorism
Task d. Invasion and inflation
Using your Reading List, e. Munich Putsch
read about the events of
1919–23, noting the things 1923–1929
you learn which help to But the Republic survived and (after Gustav Stresemann
answer the following became Chancellor in 1923) did well:
questions:
a. Economic Prosperity
a. What problems faced the b. Foreign Policy successes
Weimar Republic? c. Cultural flowering
b. Why was the Weimar
Republic so unstable? 1929–1933
c. How was the Weimar
After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, however, the
Republic able to survive?
Republic collapsed:
Do YOU think the Republic a. Unemployment
was ‘doomed from the b. Nazi Party grew more powerful
start’? c. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor
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In this module you will learn:
THREE phases of German history 1919–1933.
FIVE differences in the Constitution, 1914 versus 1919.
FIVE problems the Weimar government faced, 1919-1923 [ILRIM]
SEVEN causes of the Weimar government’s problems [CROAPOP]
The 25-point programme of the Nazi Party
The FOUR principles of Mein Kampf.
The FIVE causes of the Munich Putsch [Why Nazis Supported Munich Battle]
FOUR results of the Munich Putsch [Defeat? Tell Me Something!]
FOUR reasons the Weimar republic survived [FASS]
SIX things Stresemann achieved [DIFFER]
FIVE ways Hitler reorganised the Nazi Party, 1924–1928.
NINE reasons Hitler came to power in 1933 [LIMP PAPER]
EIGHT steps to becoming dictator.
SEVEN ways the Nazis controlled Germany.
SIX social groups Nazi rule affected.
You must assemble the following work:
1. r A list of exam questions on Germany 1919–33.
2. r A Germany 1919–33 reading list.
3. r Notes on ‘The Weimar republic’.
4. r A diagram sheet on Germany’s government in 1914 and 1919.
5. r A factsheet ‘What problems faced the Weimar Republic?’ [ILRIM].
6. r An essay: ‘What problems faced the Weimar Republic?’
7. r A wordsearch: ‘Weimar Problems’
8. r Notes on how Hyperinflation affected Germans in 1923.
9. r Factsheet: ‘Why was the Weimar Republic unstable?’ [CROAPOP].
10. r An essay: ‘Why was the Weimar Republic unstable?’
11. r Notes on ‘What did the Nazis believe?’
12. r Factsheet: The Twenty-Five Points.
13. r Notes on the Munich Putsch.
14. r Factsheet: ‘How did the Weimar Republic survive?’ [FASS].
15. r Notes on the cultural achievements of the Weimar republic.
16. r Notes on: ‘The Nazis in the Wilderness, 1924–28.’
17. r An project essay on Hitler’s rise to power, 1929–33 [LIMP PAPER].
18. r A revision sheet: Germany, 1919–33.
19. r Notes on: ‘How Hitler took all power.’
20. r A wordsearch: ‘Methods of Nazi control’
21. r An essay: ‘How did Nazi rule affect the Germans?’
Have you read:
C Culpin, Making History (Collins), Ch 7
Josh Brooman, Germany 1918-45 (Longman)
Richard Radway, Germany 1918-45 (Hodder)
Alan White, The Weimar Republic (Collins)
William L Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (Pan)
, New Words
Republic: a country without a king or queen.
Reichstag: the German parliament.
Democracy: where the government is elected.
Constitution: the way a government is set up
Source A The Weimar Republic
This British cartoon from At the end of October 1918, the German navy mutinied.
1919 shows the Kaiser Rebellion spread throughout the country. In November
booted out of Germany. Germany was forced to drop out of the First World War.
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and fled the country.
Source B A new Republic was declared. In January 1919, elections
The German were held for a new Reichstag and in February 1919, in
Weimar Republic the town of Weimar, a new government was agreed.
was doomed from Freidrich Ebert was elected President of the new Republic.
the start.
Written by a modern Germany did not just get a new government. The Allies
historian. made sure that Germany got a different kind of
government. Before 1914, the government of Germany
was almost a military autocracy; after 1919, it was a
Source C parliamentary democracy.
The new
government had
inherited a difficult
situation, but to say Germany 1919–1933
it was doomed is The history of Germany 1919–1933 falls into three phases:
unfair.
1919–1923
Written by a modern
At first the Weimar Republic had great difficulties:
historian.
a. Left wing rebellions
b. All people were angry with it
c. Right-wing rebellions and terrorism
Task d. Invasion and inflation
Using your Reading List, e. Munich Putsch
read about the events of
1919–23, noting the things 1923–1929
you learn which help to But the Republic survived and (after Gustav Stresemann
answer the following became Chancellor in 1923) did well:
questions:
a. Economic Prosperity
a. What problems faced the b. Foreign Policy successes
Weimar Republic? c. Cultural flowering
b. Why was the Weimar
Republic so unstable? 1929–1933
c. How was the Weimar
After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, however, the
Republic able to survive?
Republic collapsed:
Do YOU think the Republic a. Unemployment
was ‘doomed from the b. Nazi Party grew more powerful
start’? c. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor
2
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