Munich Putsch Lesson

This lesson focuses on the Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History course and examines Hitler’s attempted overthrow of the German government in 1923, known as the Munich Putsch. Students explore the causes, key events, and consequences of the putsch and consider how this failed coup influenced Hitler’s future strategy for gaining power.

The lesson begins with an engaging starter activity, including a 9-grid retrieval task designed to reinforce prior knowledge. Students also complete a source-based inference question linked to previous learning on Hitler’s early life, helping to develop important GCSE exam skills.

This resource includes:

• Inference starter activity (source-based practice)
• 9-grid retrieval starter
• Munich Putsch worksheet
• “Hitler’s Rise to Evil” worksheet
• Homework sheet
• Information slides to guide the lesson
• Video clips to support student understanding
  This lesson is designed to build historical knowledge while strengthening exam skills such as inference, retrieval, and source analysis, making it ideal for GCSE History students studying the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany topic.