Unit 4: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-1939
Use the copy of the textbook below to complete the tasks in the PowerPoints:
Weimar and Nazi Germany Textbook
Lesson 1: Creation of a dictatorship
Lesson objectives:
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To understand the events surrounding the Reichstag fire, and to explain the significance of it.
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To understand how Hitler gained more power with the introduction of the Enabling Act, and his removal of opposition groups.
Creation of a dictatorship
Reichstag fire questions
Lesson 2: The Night of the Long Knives and Death of Hindenburg
Lesson objectives:
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To understand the events surrounding the Night of the Long Knives.
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To explain the significance of the death of Hindenburg.
NotLK and death of Hindenburg
Starter image
Lesson 3: Evaluating Utility
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Evaluating Utility
Lesson 4: The Police State
Lesson objectives:
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To understand the different aspects of the Nazi police state.
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To evaluate how far Hitler succeeded in creating a police state.
The Police State
Sources
Lesson 5: Nazi control of the legal system and the Church
Lesson objectives:
To understand how the Nazis controlled the legal and religious systems.
Nazi control of the legal system and the church
Hodder p. 70
Lesson 6: Nazi propaganda and censorship
Lesson objectives:
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To understand how Goebbels used propaganda to control and influence German people.
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To understand how the Nazis used media, sport and rallies to control and influence the German people.
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To understand how the Nazis used culture and the arts to control and influence the German people.
Nazi Propaganda and censorship
Worksheet
Lesson 7: Evaluating interpretations
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Evaluating interpretations
Lesson 8: Support for the Nazi regime
Lesson objectives:
To understand the extent of support for the Nazi regime.
Exam styled questions!
R1
WS1
WS2
Lesson 9: Opposition from the Churches
Lesson objectives:
To understand opposition and resistance from the Church.
Opposition from the churches
Lesson 10: Opposition from the young
Lesson objectives:
To understand the different groups of young people who resisted the Nazis
Opposition from the Young
Lesson 11: Making inferences from a source
Making inferences from a source
