Monday & Tuesday, November 14 & 15

Hello, history students!

Today we will be investigating how Hitler was able to gain and consolidate power in the 1930s. In order to do this, we need to continue to build on our knowledge of the Weimar Republic, its strengths and weaknesses, as well as our understanding of the Great Depression in the United States and how that impacted Germany.

For your Do Now, please Fling the Teacher! Click here to get started. Find Germany Lessons on the lefthand side (click it), then find 1920s Revision Game. Click it and have fun! You need to answer 15 questions correctly in order to fling the teacher. Once you have won, please get started on the next part of your Do Now.


Using your timeline we made last week, please write a paragraph explaining how the Weimar Republic helped pave the way for a ruler like Adolf Hitler. Please use some of our vocabulary, like communism, Reichstag, The Ruhr, hyperinflation, etc.

Click here for the worksheets we will be using in class and for homework.

Hitler after appointment as Chancellor

Next we'll work together as a group to chart how the U.S. Stock Market Crash could cause miners in Silesia (eastern Germany) to lose their jobs and become homeless. Through this investigation we will be able to see how the Depression affected Germany and created a path for Hitler and the Nazis to rise to power.

The Nazi Party identified specific issues with the Weimar government. They also offered solutions to those problems. On pages 152-157, we will look at the problems with the Weimar government and how the Nazis proposed to solve them. Additionally we will investigate the idea of negative cohesion; some people believed the Nazis gained support due to this phenomenon. People collectively disliked certain things about German society -- and so did the Nazis.

SS Troopers parading in celebration of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor

Finally, we will create a new timeline, focusing on the early 1930s and Hitler's rise to becoming the Fuhrer. We need to look at specific events that occurred to bring him to power, including his appointment as Chancellor, the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act, the Night of the Long Knives, the death of President Hindenburg, and Hitler becoming the Fuhrer.

Reichstag Fire, 1933

Members of the regular German army swear the oath of allegiance to the Fuhrer Adolf Hitler.

Your homework is to finish your timeline. Make it neat and presentable to add to the wall as we continue to build our timelines into the future. Also complete any part of the packet that you did not finish in class. This is due Wednesday (P1M & P2M)/Thursday (P2G & P4G).

For your ticket out, please answer this question: "In your opinion, what was the most crucial (important) issue or event that led to Hitler taking over as Chancellor and eventually Fuhrer in 1933/1934?"