Year 11: Xmas Revision Programme
Module 1: Weimar Germany
Task 1: Aim of task is to prepare you for
4 mark questions.
1. Create a timeline of the key events of the Weimar period 1918-1929.
2. For each event you need to include 5 details ( think about What happened, When, Who was involved,
Where)
Key Events:
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German Revolution
Spartacist Rising
Weimar Constitution ( new
democratic system )
Treaty of Versailles
Kapp Putsch
Task 2: Aim of task is to prepare you for
Inflation crisis
French invasion of the Ruhr
Munich Putsch
Dawes Plan
Locarno Treaty/Young Plan/Germany
admitted to League of Nations
6 markers, in you exam you need to be able to give 3 burger
reasons.
For each question create a mind map which provides 3-4 reasons to answer the question. See example…
Common 6 markers:
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Why was there a revolution in 1918?
Why did Germany struggle 1918-1924?
Why was there an inflation crisis
How did Stresemann solve the crisis of 1923?
Flexible
policies
Depression
Changes made
to party in
1920s
Why did the Nazis win
support?
Task 3: Aim to prepare you for different types of
Weimar
Democracy
10 markers
Create mind maps to prepare answers to the following questions.
Common 10 balanced 10 markers: ( For balanced answers you need positives and negatives.)
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How far did Germany recover 1924-1929?
Was the Weimar Period a disaster?
Was the Weimar Constitution good or bad?
Common why 10 markers: ( You need 3 reasons and to explain the links between the factors )
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Why did Germans resent the Treaty of Versailles?
Module 2: The Rise to Power of Hitler
Task 1: Aim to prepare you for 10 markers
For each of the key pieces of knowledge complete the tasks:
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Wall Street Crash ( note down when, why it effected Germany, and 4 impacts on German people )
Nazi Party in 1920s ( list 5 key changes the Nazis made to their party )
Power Struggle Hitler becomes Chancellor ( note down who was involved, what deal was made, why did they
appoint Hitler chancellor, How did Hitler use his position to his advantage? )
Reichstag Fire (Note down: Who? When? What happened? What were the consequences? )
Enabling Act (Note down: What it was? When it was passed? Why was it important? )
Task 2: Aim to prepare you for 6 markers, which require you to give 3 burger paragraphs.
For each question create a mindmap which provides 3-4 reasons to answer the question.
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Why were the Nazis more successful in the 1930s than in the 1920s?
Why did the Weimar Democracy lose support during the depression?
Why did support for the Nazi party grow?
Task 3: Aim to prepare you for different types of 10 markers
Create three mindmaps:
a) How far were the 1920s a disaster for the Nazi Party? ( need evidence of success/failure )
b) Create a diagram to illustrate how Hitler gained total power by April 1933 ( need as many factors as possible
and the links between them. )
c) Create a diagram to illustrate how Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933 ( will be very similar to diagram
b) but you will not need to include some factors )
Module 3: How did the Nazis maintain Control?
Task 1: Aim to prepare you for 4 markers
Complete the tasks for the following:
a) List 4 things the Nazis did between February 1933 and 1934 to establish control and get rid of
opposition
b) What did the following do to help keep Nazi control? A) Gestapo b) Block Wardens c) Courts D)
concentration camps
c) Night of the Long Knives : ( Note: When, What Happened, Who was involved, Why? )
d) Education: ( List four things the Nazis did to education so that they could use it to brainwash
students )
e) Media ( How did the use a) Newspapers b) Radio c) Film to brainwash people
f) Culture ( how did the censor culture? B) how did they use culture to brainwash? )
g) Festivals ( list 4 Nazi festivals… how did these help the Nazi keep control? )
Task 2: Aim to prepare you for 6 markers where you need to be able to give 3 reasons?
Create mindmaps to answer the following common 6 marker questions:
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How did the Nazi indoctrinate young people?
Why did Hitler carry out the Night of the Long Knives?
How did the Nazis deal with opposition 1933-1934?
Task 3: Aim is to prepare you for 10 markers
a) Create a success/failure table to explain how successful Nazi control was. ( remember don’t list what
they did but give evidence of success/failure )
b) Create a diagram which explains how the Nazis kept control and the links between the reasons. You
must include the following factors.
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Gestapo
Night of Long Knives
Culture
Media
Education
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Hitler Youth
Festivals
Economic Policies
Rewards for workers ( strength
through joy )
Module 4: Life in Nazi Germany
Task 1: Aim of task is to prepare you for 4 mark questions. Complete the following tasks:
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List 4 things the Nazis did to the economy?
What were the Nazis foreign policy aims?
What were the Nazi’s racial ideas?
Workers: ( List 4 things the Nazi did to workers )
Women: a) What did the Nazi want from women? b) list 4 things they did to women?
Young People a) why were they important to the Nazis? b) list 4 things the Nazis did for young people
Task 2: Aim to prepare you for 6 markers where you need to be able to give 3 reasons?
Create mindmaps to answer the following common 6 marker questions:
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What did the Nazis focus on young people?
What were the Nazi policies towards the family?
Task 3: to prepare you for balanced 10 markers.
Create success/failure tables for the following questions
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How successful was the Nazi Economic Policy ( remember don’t list what they did, you need
evidence of success and failure… support with facts and details )
How successful were Nazi policies towards the family? ( remember don’t list what they did you
need evidence of success and failure )
Was life good or bad in Nazi Germany ( need to include a) workers b) women and c) Young people