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 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

Lessons for Edexcel’s Weimar and Nazi Germany

AQA GCSE Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the significance of Nazi persecution in the 1930’s - 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 Jewish people 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.

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.

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.

Kristallnacht Handout Text Overview Student Questions Page Source Analysis Template – can be used for pictures or used to work with the overview text Timeline 2 KWL Templates Scroll/Coin/Stamp/Book cover template pages Brain Break Activity Word Search Template Extension Task Template

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. Each lesson is fully inclusive and differentiated to challenge high-attaining students, whilst offering support to students with SEND and low-attaining students. The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

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!***

Kristallnacht Crossword

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.

Stand-alone lesson on the Night of Broken Glass planned for mixed ability year 9

A full lesson and set of activities (with linked free downloadable sheets) to complete learning into The Holocaust with the focus on Kristallnacht. This lesson looks into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, its consequences and reasons behind it. There are links to websites useful for research and many different types of activities to keep students focused and involved in the lesson. This resource is ready to download and teach as it is, and includes lots of different levelled activities for students of all abilities to work through. It is clear, concise and rated outstanding in the classroom. This is part of a set of resources uploaded focusing on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. If you have any questions, please contact me at samantha.jones.2104@icloud.com. Thanks

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.

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.

This is the third lesson in a unit about the Holocaust, aimed at year 9 mixed-ability. There is a focus on literacy, with guided readings. It follows an I do, we do, you do model. The focus for this lesson is looking at the events of Kristallnacht, it also practices the skill of AO3 source work.

A super accessible and easy to use set of study notes on Kristallnacht, for GCSE and A level, featuring: The long term causes of the anti Jewish pogrom and the aims of the Nazis. Details on the Aryanization of Jewish businesses Responses of ordinary Germans to the attack.

Kristallnacht Word Search

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.