Nazi Germany: The Great Depression

PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and two Word Document that reasons why Nazi popularity with the German people increased during the Great Depression. The lesson considers the inadequate response of the moderate Wiemar parties to the socio-economic problems of the period and Nazi policies and campaigning between 1929 and 1932.

Activities include

• Starter discussion on the link between America, the Wall Street Crash and Germany.
• Reading, comprehension and highlighting activity on Nazi successes and Wiemar failures in gaining popular support during the Great Depression.
• Evidence finding activity to support statements about the Great Depression.
• Source analysis exercise on how the Nazis used propaganda to gain support during the Great Depression.
• Data analysis of graph showing Nazi votes and unemployment figures alongside each other to help reach a comparative judgment on the most important factor in the growth of Nazi support during the Great Depression.

**Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45.

Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.**

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