1. Who has surrendered? Which war is ‘over’? How do you know?
Headlines clearly show that Germany has surrendered.
World War One
Students might make inferences from the dress of people at the time, or simply guess based on introduction to unit.
Who has surrendered?
Which war is ‘over’?
How do you know?

2. Your new exercise book:
On the front of your book please record:
YOUR NAME AND FORM
UNIT 2C: Life in Germany
Teacher name
Please glue the target and intervention tracker into the INSIDE FRONT COVER of your book.
Please glue to ‘Learning Continuum Timeline’ for this key question onto the first page of your book. I will explain what this is and how we will be using it shortly!
Instructions for students after starter activity. They will need a new A4 exercise book – a different colour to ones they have used for other units.

3. The Big Picture: The rise of the Nazis
Key Vocabulary
Republic
Constitution
Armistice
Treaty
Uprising
Depression
Propaganda
How did the Weimar Republic recover in the years ?
THE RISE OF THE NAZIS
This is the overview of the first section of this unit. The three boxes at the bottom indicate the three key questions students should be able to answer at the end of this section. You may wish students to record this as this is the first lesson, or provide them with a print out of this slide to stick into books.
HAND OUT LEARNING CONTINUUM TIMELINE AND EXPLAIN PURPOSE – students to plot events from each lesson for revision overview.
What problems did the Weimar Government face in the years ? .
Why did support for the Nazis grow in the period ?

4. Today’s Lesson WHY DID GERMANY NEED A NEW GOVERNMENT IN 1918?
Key Vocabulary
Weimar
Republic
Constitution
Armistice
Revolution
WHY DID GERMANY NEED A NEW GOVERNMENT IN 1918?
Know why Germany had a new Government at the end of 1918
This is the title and objectives for today’s lesson. Students must record these in their books.
Understand German reactions to the end of the First World War .
Understand the constitution of the new Weimar Republic

5. Skill: Recalling Knowledge
WORLD WAR ONE:
What do we already know?
Group discussion based on prior knowledge. Students may refer to previous study in Year 9 or from Transformation of surgery unit. Credit any valid point. This does not need to be specific to Germany at this stage.

6. Task
USING PAGE 5 OF YOUR ‘LIFE IN GERMANY’ TEXTBOOK – COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET TITLED ‘THE FORMATION OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC’
YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES
The worksheet for this part of the lesson is saved in the folder alongside this PowerPoint. Students will also need a copy of the blue Edexcel Life in Germany text (Steve Waugh and Angela Leonard).
Hand out the ‘Why did Germany need a new Government in 1918?’ and ‘How was the Weimar Republic Governed?’ sheets for students to stick in. These are information sheets which may be of use for the next part of the lesson/revision.

7. What was the mood like in Germany by January 1919?
Think about:
How people felt about the end of the war in November 1918
Attitudes towards the new government
EXTENDED THINKING:
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT?
Students do not need resources for this part of the lesson. They should use the information they gathered on the previous task to make a judgement about what they think the mood in Germany was like in January 1919.

8. Skill: Communication TASK:
In NO MORE than 100 words explain what the mood was like in Germany in January 1919.
HISTORY TARGET:
Demonstrate understanding of the impact that the end of the First World War had on Germany
LITERACY TARGET:
Communicate ideas using accurate historical words which are spelt correctly:
Armistice
Government
Republic
Weimar
Kaiser
At this stage students write up their thoughts. Please stress the importance of both the History and Literacy targets. They must demonstrate good historical knowledge based on work completed in this lesson, and should include the FIVE key words listed in the literacy target box, ensuring they are used in the correct context and spelt correctly. (You could introduce them to SPAG at this point if you need to justify why we have literacy targets.)

9. Plenary: This can be done through any method you see fit so long as TILT time is built in to the last part of the lesson.
Today I learnt that….?