This lesson contains: A ‘do it now’ starter which can be amended to fit whatever you have recently been studying. A background into the emigration of Jews after the changes ot the laws in the 1930’s. it introduced Herschel Grunszpan and his murder of Ernst Von Rath. There is then a video from YouTube to back this up and tells the whole story of Kristallnacht. Students complete a series of questions as the video plays. A small task for students to use the stats on the board to write down the 5 facts that go with them. An additional task to read 3 sources from eye witnesses and to write down what we can learn from them about people’s experiences of the night. A plenary to review an interpretation and what it might mean. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Word File 1 x Publisher File

Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the significance of the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht. The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 and Kristallnacht in 1938 are two significant events which can sometimes be overlooked when students write about Nazi policies towards the Jews in Germany, as they tend focus on the events after 1939 only. What were the Nuremberg Laws, why were they introduced and in which order did policies towards the Jews change after these laws were introduced? Moreover, was Kristallnacht a spontaneous or well planned atrocity led by the Nazis? Students are given evidence from which to make an informed decision which they must justify. A car number plate activity further assesses their understanding before the students plan an examination question for some GCSE exam practice. There are some great video links to help the learning as well. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Lessons for Edexcel’s Weimar and Nazi Germany

Describe the Night of Broken Glass. Explain the significance of Kristallnacht. Lesson Objective: to what extent did Kristallnacht smash the Jewish problem? AQA GCSE History: Germany, 1890–1945 - Democracy and Dictatorship - The Experiences of Germans under the Nazis. The resources are also suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes to sustain outstanding results over a period of time: 2022 P8: +0.88 and +0.81 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My GCSE History classes have also consistently attained the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked for the examination boards for over 10 years and considering the recent developments within education, my resources are constantly amended and updated for students studying GCSE History. I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and have used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons to ensure that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud that I am a ‘Gold’ TES Author, and this is recognised by the fact that my resources have been downloaded over half a million times by educators throughout the world. Copyright Protection ©

This lesson links to a video describing the events of Kristallnacht. Pupils will use this resource to create notes and use these to report on the events. Challenge questions are included throughout and higher skills are encouraged through the perspectives of the report.

2 separate newspaper reports on the events of Kristallnacht - one British and one Nazi to compare and contrast interpreations of a key turning point in the increased Nazi persecution of the Jews

Worksheet to use when looking at the run up to the holocaust - kristallnacht. Pupils will have already looked at Nuremberg laws in context of prejudice and discrimianation and now looking at what happened on this night. There is space on the sheet to describe what happened and why. You can also get a lot of AT2 from this if you discuss how it would have felt to be Jewish during this time.

This lesson focuses on developing students knowledge of the events and then consider the possibility that the Nazis manipulated the events in order to punish the Jews

An analysis of the causes of the pogram and first hand accounts of the victims and the reaction of ordinary Germans. Useful for KS3 and KS4 studying Nazi Germany or the Holocaust. PPT, worksheet and key word table included.

A double sided A4 sheet of primary sources describing Kristallnacht. I used this to enable Year 9 students to produce a newspaper article describing the night's events. ***If you have bought my Holocaust SoW do not buy this sheet you already have it!***

2 Kristallnacht worksheets - high ability and low ability. Can be used when watching a video, reading information or set as homework to research the answers.

Kristallnacht Handout includes comprehension questions.

The Holocaust The aims of this lesson are to explain how discrimination and persecution of the Jews within Germany led ultimately to their extermination and genocide. Therefore this lesson must be delivered with care; it is also recommended that it is taught and delivered over two lessons. The first part of the lesson is to explain the increasing persecution of the Jews within Germany as students analyse the events of Kristallnacht and evaluate its significance as a prelude to the holocaust. There are worksheets to accompany and excellent video footage explaining the carnage that followed. The second part of the lesson focuses on the Nazis change of direction on the Jewish question as war prevails and the Jews are rounded up and put into Ghettoes. Students study the Human Rights Act of 1998 and prioritise which are the most significant and meaningful rights to them. They then apply these right to what happened in the ghettoes and focus on which rights were taken away from the Jews living in them, much to their horror and anger. The final part of the lesson looks at the Wannsee Conference and the different ways the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jews. The central enquiry of this and subsequent lessons in the bundle is to ask who was to blame for the holocaust? Students will map out their ideas each lesson (which can be plotted in different colours or dates to show the progress of their learning and centred around a lightbulb) and build up a picture of how difficult it is to blame a single individual or event for this catastrophe. There is an accompanying source task and more excellent video links to life in the ghettoes and the Wannsee conference of 1942. The resource comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change and is differentiated. I have also included suggested teaching strategies to deliver the lesson.

This is an advanced (CEFR C1/2, IELTS 7.5/8.0) EFL History class about Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, in November 1938. Using primary and secondary sources (see below), students will answer the question of what consequences there were as a result of the event. Students will look at images of the event/period and discuss what they see. Next, students will learn the key people, places and time periods involved. Next, they will learn key vocabulary in preparation for a reading activity summarising the event. The students then read each source and answer comprehension questions to confirm their understanding. Students then evaluate the sources for their reliability by analysing the origin, context, perspective of the author, audience, and motive of each. Finally, students answer the question based on what they have learned.

Kristallnacht Crossword

This resource explores the Nazi attack on Jewish Businesses, homes and Synagogues in November 1938, known as Kristallnacht. The resource is intended for GCSE Students studying Germany 1919 - 1945 and is aimed at providing students with some facts, but also using a range of primary and secondary sources to reach their own conclusions. A PowerPoint presentation guides students through the events leading up to Kristallnacht, the events of November 9th/10th and the aftermath. A worksheet asks students to analyse a number of sources relating to the event and to use these sources and the knowledge they have acquired to draw their own conclusions as to who was responsible for Kristallnacht.

This is the fourth lesson in a series of lessons on the Holocaust. These lessons are aimed at children aged between 13-15. They match to a number of the Scottish E’s and Os for level 3. This lesson looks at the events of Kristallnacht. The resources for all tasks are included.

A powerpoint with notes and links to videos. one is survivor stories and the other is a 30 minute clip from a BBC documentary chronicling the events leading up to Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht Cloze Activity

Class activity that gets pupils to analyse sources concerning the responsibility for Kristallnacht. Clear learning Objectives. Information packs which include the sources and an analysis table are included. Plenary - pupils have to give reasons why they made a certain judgment as to who is responsible for Kristallnacht.

Germany GCSE History – Kristallnacht This is one of many lessons that I have uploaded on the history of Germany for GCSE pupils. All of the lessons can be taught together, but each covers a topic so can also be picked up separately. For ease of locating, the title stem is the same: 'Germany GCSE History -'. This is a full PowerPoint lesson, ready to teach, and any relevant resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson’s LO: To be able to describe Kristallnacht using accurate detail