Thursday 5th February 2015

Nazi Germany
Lesson objective:
To understand the difference between democracy
and a dictatorship and why people voted for Hitler
in 1932

ALL students will

able to DESCRIBE
the difference
between a
Democracy and a
Dictatorship.

MOST students will

be able to
EXPLAIN why some
people would have
voted for Hitler.

SOME students will be

able to INVESTIGATE
the meanings of key
words from this period.

STARTER
List three features of a
democracy?
Extensionwhat
is
the
opposite
of
a
1 MIN Listing
1 MIN
in silence democracy?
Discuss your list
with a partner

STARTER
Free and
Fair
Elections

Rule of law- all

people must
follow the
same rules
Features of a
Democracy

Voting- elected
representatives
(people who we vote
for) decide how the
country should be
run

Multiparties
Individual
Rights

Freedom to
move

Free speech

3 min

Freedom of
religion

Equality

Germany 1919-1939
Between 1919-1933 Germany had a
democracy.
The government in charge of Germany was
called the Weimar Republic.

In January 1933 Adolf Hitler ( a strong believer in

dictatorship) became chancellor of Germany. By
August 1934 he had managed to turn Germany from a
democracy into a dictatorship. A dictatorship is the
complete opposite of a democracy, where a dictator
is in charge of everything.
That can go oh
and that can go as
well..

Free
elections

Equal laws

Chancellor:

Judaism

The elected leader of

Germany, answerable
to the Reichstag and
the German President.

What is the difference

between a chancellor and
a dictator do you think?
Dictator:
Can pass any law
without the permission
of the Reichstag

Learning objective:
To understand the difference
between democracy and a
dictatorship and why people
voted for Hitler in 1933.

Main activity

So why vote for

You each have nine
different German citizens from
Hitler?

ALL students will able to

DESCRIBE the
difference between a
Democracy and a
Dictatorship.

1932

Decide if you think they would vote for Hitler.

Place them in yes and no pile.

MOST students will be

able to EXPLAIN why
some people would have
voted for Hitler.

Write in your information sheet, why they would

have voted for Hitler.
Extension in worksheet.

SOME students will be

able to INVESTIGATE
the meanings of key
words from this period.
.

10
mins

Learning objective:
To understand the difference
between democracy and a
dictatorship and why people
voted for Hitler in 1933.

Main activity

Would you vote for Hitler?

Scared of the
CommunistsHitler promises
to stop them.

Impressed by
Hitler's public
speeches.

Hitler promises
to increase his
wages and
provide jobs.

Pressured by
the SA. Forced
to vote.

Blames the
Jews for his
problems.
Hitler promises
to get rid of
them.

Scared of the
Communists
taking his
house. Hitler
plans to stop
them.

Hitler promises
to end
unemployment.

Hates the
Treaty of
Versailles.
Hitler promises
to get rid of it.

Hitler hates his

religion and
blames
everything on
us (The Jews)

Learning objective:
To understand the difference
between democracy and a
dictatorship and why people
voted for Hitler in 1933.

Recap

ALL students will able to

DESCRIBE the
difference between a
Democracy and a
Dictatorship.

Would the majority of people have voted for Hitler?

MOST students will be

able to EXPLAIN why
some people would have
voted for Hitler.

What does this reveal about Hitler?

SOME students will be

able to INVESTIGATE
the meanings of key
words from this period.
.

He had something to offer to everybody and this made

him very appealing to many different types of people.

Learning objective:
To understand the difference
between democracy and a
dictatorship and why people
voted for Hitler in 1933.

ALL students will able to

DESCRIBE the
difference between a
Democracy and a
Dictatorship.
MOST students will be
able to EXPLAIN why
some people would have
voted for Hitler.
SOME students will be
able to INVESTIGATE
the meanings of key
words from this period.
.

Plenary
1. What is the difference between a democracy
and a dictatorship?
2. Give me one reason why people would have
voted for Hitler?
3. Give me a different reason why people would
have voted for Hitler?
4. Tell me something you have learned today?
5. Tell me something you would like to find out?