Between World War One and Two, Germany experienced several changes in government: from an emperor to a democracy to the rise of a new dictator, a Führer Adolf Hitler. the following points are addressed in the lesson plan. 1) Introduction to the Background of Germany post W.W1 2) Causes of the rise of Nazism in Germany. 3) Nazi ideology 4) Rise of Hitler as the Nazi leader. 5) The end of the era of Hitler

1. Lesson No: 1
School: Sarla Birla Academy Subject: Social Science -History
Unit: The Rise of Hitler in Germany Date: 27/11/2017
Class: VIII C Topic: Introduction to the era of Hitler Time: 45 minutes
Teaching Points:
1) Introduction to the Background of Germany post
W.W1
2) Causes of the rise of Nazism in Germany.
3) Nazi ideology
4) Rise of Hitler as the Nazi leader.
5) The end of the era of Hitler
Instructional Objectives:
Knowledge:
The pupils
 Know when the era of Hitler began in Germany.
 Know who was Adolf Hitler.
 Know when was the Weimar republic established.
Understanding
The pupils
 Understand the Nazi ideology.
 Comprehend the caused that led to the rise of Hitler era in Germany.
Critical Thinking:
The pupils
 Critically analyse the impact if Nazi Ideology.
 Explain the role of Nazism in shaping the future of Germany.
Skill:
The pupils
 Locate the Nazi centers in Germany.
 Classify the centers of holocaust in Germany and surrounding areas.
Teaching Aids:
 Flow chart of the Time line of the age of Nazism
in Germany.
 Image of the Hitler, Weimar republic, holocaust.
 Activities to do in class.
 Power point presentation
Reference:
Focus on History and Civics, class VIII
Goyal brothers publication, ICSE Syllabus,
Karnataka

2. Previous Knowledge Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Introduction
Between World War One and Two, Germany experienced
several changes in government: from an emperor to a
democracy to the rise of a new dictator, a Führer Adolf
Hitler.
Indeed, it’s this last leader, Adolf Hitler, who directly
began the second of the twentieth century’s two great wars.
The question of how Hitler took power is often tied to how
democracy in Germany failed, this was duly created, due to
Weimar republic because the conditions in Berlin were
unsafe, but problems with the allies’ demands in the Treaty
of Versailles produced a rocky path, which only got worse
in the early 1920s as reparations helped hyperinflation and
impending economic collapse.
The teacher asks a set of questions to link the
present date to the content using the images from
the resources.
 Have seen the picture of the Hitler?
 Do you know what is his full name?
 Why do why he is so important?
 Where do you come across his name so
much?
 Do u think this man influenced the world?
Listen and prepare for the lesson.
1. Yes we have seen his
image many times before.
2. Her name is Adolf Hitler.
3. He is the man responsible
for the rise of Nazism in
Germany.
4. We have seen him in
movies being the leader if
Nazi Germany in 1935.
5. This man is responsible for
the holocaust in the world.
Statement of Aim: Today we shall learn about the rise of Nazism in Germany and the role & influence of Hitler as the leader of the Nazi’s Germany.

3. Content Analysis Expected Learning Outcome
Learning Experience
Evaluation
Teacher’s Activity Pupil’ Activity
Introduction to the BACKGROUND of Germany post
W.W1 &
the CAUSES of the rise of Nazism in Germany
 THE GREAT DEPRESSION:
When the stock market collapsed on Wall Street on Tuesday, October
29, 1929, it sent financial markets worldwide into a tailspin with
disastrous effects.
Fallout from the Great Depression - A young and hopelessly
unemployed Berliner panhandles for spare change. Below: A run on a
bank in Berlin.
 THE GERMAN ECONOMY
It was vulnerable since it was built upon foreign capital, mostly loans
from America and was very dependent on foreign trade. When those
loans suddenly came due and when the world market for German
exports dried up, the well-oiled German industrial machine quickly
ground to a halt.
As production levels fell, German workers were laid off. Along with
this, banks failed throughout Germany. Savings accounts, were instantly
wiped out. Inflation soon followed making it hard for families to
purchase expensive necessities with devalued money.
 THE SOCIAL LIFE CRUMPLED
Overnight, the middle class standard of living so many German families
enjoyed was ruined by events outside of Germany, beyond their control.
The Great Depression began and they were cast into poverty and deep
misery and began looking for a solution, any solution.
• THE POLITICAL CHAOS OPPORTUNITY
FOR HITLER
The Golden Age of Weimar was cultural; the economy was still
dangerously dependent on American money, and the political system
was unstable. When the Great Depression removed the US loans the
German economy was crippled, and dissatisfaction with the centre
parties led to extremists like the Nazis growing in votes the top level of
German politics slipped towards authoritarian government, and
democracy failed, all before Hitler managed to exploit violence, despair,
fear and political leaders who underestimated him to become
Chancellor.
In 1933 Hitler was Chancellor of Germany, but was far from secure; in
theory, President Hindenburg could sack him whenever he wanted.
Within months he had wrecked the constitution and established a
powerful, gripping dictatorship thanks to violence and the final act of
political suicide from the opposition parties. Hindenburg then died, and
Hitler combined his job with the presidency to create a Führer. Hitler
would now reshape all areas of German life.
Knowledge/ the great depression
and its impact on Germany.
Understand/how the German
economy was affected
Skill/ mark on time line the
events after the world war1.
Knowledge/ consequences of the
Treaty of Versailles.
Understand/Political chaos that
led to the opportunity for Hitler.
Critical Thinking/ was this the
natural course or could some
other circumstance could have
changed history of Germany in
any way
The Teacher would first explain
about the political ,economic ,
social background of Germany
using the resources given below
The points that the teacher would
elaborate on would be as follows.
•THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
•THE GERMAN
ECONOMY
•THE SOCIAL LIFE
CRUMPLED
 THE POLITICAL
CHAOS OPPORTUNITY
FOR HITLER
Students listen
attentively.
Students mark on the
time line the events
post world war one.
Students carefully
observe and discuss.
Students note down
the points made by the
teacher.
Students observe
carefully and note the
points and mark on
flow chart the
important points.
Students will listen
and participate
actively to answer the
asked questions.
What are the
events that
lead to the
rise id distrust
in the hearts
of people of
Germany?
State the
causes that
led to the
state of
Germany.
The Weimar
republic was
responsible
for the pad
policies in
Germany.
True/false.
State your
answer.

4. Content Analysis Expected Learning Outcome
Learning Experience
EvaluationTeacher’s Activity Pupil’ Activity
The Nazi ideology& the Rise of Hitler as the Nazi
leader
 THE NAZI IDEOLOGY
Adolf Hitler, the Führer (Leader) of the Nazi party, formulated and
articulated the ideas that came to be known as Nazi ideology. He
thought of himself as a deep and profound thinker, convinced that he
had found the key to understanding an extraordinarily complex world.
He believed that a person's characteristics, attitudes, abilities, and
behavior were determined by his or her so-called racial make-up. In
Hitler's view, all groups, races, or peoples (he used those terms
interchangeably) carried within them traits that were immutably
transmitted from one generation to the next. No individual could
overcome the innate qualities of race.
The Nazis also adopted the social Darwinist take on Darwinian
evolutionary theory regarding the “survival of the fittest.” For the
Nazis, survival of a race depended upon its ability to reproduce and
multiply, its accumulation of land to support and feed that expanding
population, and its vigilance in maintaining the purity of its gene pool,
thus preserving the unique “racial” characteristics with which “nature”
had equipped it for success in the struggle to survive.
The Nazis defined Jews as a “race.” Regarding the Jewish religion as
irrelevant, the Nazis attributed a wide variety of negative stereotypes
about Jews and “Jewish” behavior to an unchanging biologically
determined heritage that drove the “Jewish race,” like other races, to
struggle to survive by expansion at the expense of other races.
While it classified Jews as the priority “enemy,” the Nazi ideological
concept of race targeted other groups for persecution, imprisonment,
and annihilation, including Roma (Gypsies), people with disabilities,
Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, and Afro-Germans. The Nazis also
identified political dissidents, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and
so-called asocials as enemies and security risks either because they
consciously opposed the Nazi regime or some aspect of their behavior
did not fit Nazi perceptions of social norms. They sought to eliminate
domestic non-conformists and so-called racial threats through a
perpetual self-purge of German society.
The Nazis believed that superior races had not just the right but the
obligation to subdue and even exterminate inferior ones. They believed
that this struggle of races was consistent with the law of nature.
 THE RISE OF HITLER AS THE NAZI
LEADER
Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He
initiated fascist policies that led to World War II and the deaths of at
least 11 million people, including the mass murder of an estimated 6
million Jews.
Knowledge/ what was the Nazi
ideology
Knowledge/ who propagated the
Nazism in Germany.
Understand/ which race of
people suffered the most in this
period.
Knowledge/ what was the holocaust
Understand/ Who were the other
groups who faced the
discrimination.
Critical Thinking/ why did rest of
the world not react to this horror
show.
Teacher explains about the
 THE NAZI IDEOLOGY
&
 THE RISE OF HITLER
AS THE LEADER OF
NAZI GERMANY
 The deeds and
achievements of
Hitler.
 The holocaust
 The steps to
death(resources)
 The taste for
power
 World war 2
Students listen and note
the points about the
ideology of Nazism
Mark on time line about
the start of this Nazi era
in Germany.
Students observe
carefully and also share
their views.
Students listen carefully.
Students see the images
and answer to the
questions.
Students ask their doubts
and make groups to
discuss the individual
points.
Explain the
ideology of
Nazism.
What was
Hitler’s role in
the future of
Germany?
Was Hitler
solely
responsible for
the start of
world war 2?

5. Content Analysis
Expected Learning
Outcome
Learning Experience
Evaluation
Teacher’s Activity
Pupil’
Activity
Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 to April 30, 1945) was chancellor of
Germany from 1933 to 1945, serving as dictator and leader of the
Nazi Party, or National Socialist German Workers Party, for the
bulk of his time in power. Hitler’s policies precipitated World War
II and led to the genocide known as the Holocaust, which resulted
in the deaths of some six million Jews and another five million
noncombatants 1943, it was becoming increasingly clear that
Germany would fold under the pressure of the Allied forces. In
February of that year, the German 6th Army, lured deep into the
Soviet Union, was annihilated at the Battle of Stalingrad, and
German hopes for a sustained offensive on both fronts evaporated.
Then, in June 1944, the Western Allied armies landed at
Normandy, France, and began systematically to push the Germans
back toward Berlin. By July 1944, several German military
commanders acknowledged their imminent defeat and plotted to
remove Hitler from power so as to negotiate a more favorable
peace. Their attempts to assassinate Hitler failed, however, and in
his reprisals, Hitler executed over 4,000 fellow countrymen...
The end of the era of Hitler
In January 1945, facing a siege of Berlin by the Soviets, Hitler
withdrew to his bunker to live out his final days. Located 55 feet
under the chancellery, the shelter contained 18 rooms and was
fully self-sufficient, with its own water and electrical supply.
Though he was growing increasingly mad, Hitler continued to give
orders and meet with such close subordinates as Hermann Goering,
Heinrich Himmler and Josef Goebbels. He also married his long-
time mistress Eva Braun just two days before his suicide.
In his last will and testament, Hitler appointed Admiral Karl
Donitz as head of state and Goebbels as chancellor. He then retired
to his private quarters with Braun, where he and Braun poisoned
themselves and their dogs, before Hitler then also shot himself
with his service pistol.
With defeat on the horizon, Hitler committed suicide with wife
Eva Braun on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker.
Hitler and Braun’s bodies were hastily cremated in the chancellery
garden, as Soviet forces closed in on the building. When the
Soviets reached the chancellery, they removed Hitler’s ashes,
continually changing their location so as to prevent Hitler devotees
from creating a memorial at his final resting place. Only eight days
later, on May 8, 1945, the German forces issued an unconditional
surrender, leaving Germany to be carved up by the four Allied
powers.
Knowledge/ how long did
Hitler rule in Germany.
Knowledge/ who were the
allied and central powers.
Understand/ wat were the
conditions of Germany
during the world war 2.
Critical Thinking/ was
Hitler solely responsible for
the start of world war 2?
Skill/ where were the bodies
of Hitler and his wife found?
Teacher explains about the
 Policies of Hitler
 Strategies for the war
 Use of symbolism
 END OF THE ERA OF
HITLER.
 His last days.
 The condition of
Germany in the
end days.
 His last
decisions.
 The wedding.
 The suicide.
Students listen
attentively
Students observe
Students listen
Students observe
Students listen and
note down
Students will
participate in the
activity.
What were the
achievements
of Hitler’s
government?
How were the
last days of
Hitler?
How did
Hitler die &
what were the
consequences?

6. Concluding Statement: So today we have studied about the rise of Nazism in Germany and the role & influence of Hitler as the leader of the Nazi Germany.
Recapitulation and Summary
 Between World War One and Two, Germany experienced several changes in government: from an emperor to a democracy to the rise of a new
dictator, a Führer.
 Indeed, it’s this last leader, Adolf Hitler, who directly began the second of the twentieth century’s two great wars. The question of how Hitler took
power is often tied to how democracy in Germany failed, this was duly created, due to Weimar republic because the conditions in Berlin were
unsafe, but problems with the allies’ demands in the Treaty of Versailles produced a rocky path, which only got worse in the early 1920s as
reparations helped hyperinflation and impending economic collapse.
 The Golden Age of Weimar was cultural; the economy was still dangerously dependent on American money, and the political system was unstable.
 When the Great Depression removed the US loans the German economy was crippled, and dissatisfaction with the center parties led to extremists like
the Nazis growing in votes.
 Now the top level of German politics slipped towards authoritarian government, and democracy failed, all before Hitler managed to exploit violence,
despair, fear and political leaders who underestimated him to become Chancellor.
 In 1933 Hitler was Chancellor of Germany, but was far from secure; in theory, President Hindenburg could sack him whenever he wanted. Within
months he had wrecked the constitution and established a powerful, gripping dictatorship thanks to violence and the final act of political suicide from
the opposition parties. Hindenburg then died, and Hitler combined his job with the presidency to create a Führer. Hitler would now reshape all areas
of German life.
 Adolf Hitler, the Führer (Leader) of the Nazi party, formulated and articulated the ideas that came to be known as Nazi ideology they also adopted the
social Darwinist take on Darwinian evolutionary theory regarding the “survival of the fittest.
 The Nazis defined Jews as a “race.” Regarding the Jewish religion as irrelevant, the Nazis attributed a wide variety of negative stereotypes about
Jews and “Jewish” behavior to an unchanging biologically determined heritage that drove the “Jewish race,” classified Jews as the priority “enemy,”
the Nazi ideological concept of race targeted other groups for persecution, imprisonment, and annihilation.
 Adolf Hitler became the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He initiated fascist policies that led to World War II and the deaths of at least 11
million people, including the mass murder of an estimated 6 million Jews.
 He served as dictator and leader of the Nazi Party, or National Socialist German Workers Party, for the bulk of his time in power. Hitler’s policies
precipitated World War II and led to the genocide known as the Holocaust.
 With defeat on the horizon, Hitler committed suicide with wife Eva Braun on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker.
Home Assignment
1. Write a short note about your ideas on the rise of Nazism influenced the course of path of Germany and what according to you were its effects on the
people.

7. RESOURCES

9. STEPS TO DEATH
Stage 1: Exclusion 1933-1939
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LIVE AMONG US AS CITIZENS
The Nuremberg Laws of citizenship of September 1935:
1. Only Persons of German or related blood would henceforth be German citizens enjoying the protection of the German empire.
2. Marriages between Jews and Germans were forbidden.
3. Extramarital relations between Jews and Germans became a crime.
4. Jews were forbidden to fly the national flag.
Other legal measures included: Boycott of Jewish businesses Expulsion from government services Forced selling and confiscation of their properties
Besides, Jewish properties were vandalised and looted, houses attacked, synagogues burnt and men arrested in a pogrom in November. 1938, remembered as ‘the night of
broken glass’
Stage 2: Ghettoisation 1940 - 1944
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LIVE AMONG US

10. From September 1941, all Jews had to wear a yellow Star of David on their breasts. This identity mark was stamped on their passport, all legal documents and houses. They were
kept in Jewish houses in Germany, and in ghettos like Lodz and Warsaw in the east. These became sites of extreme misery and poverty. Jews had to surrender all their wealth
before they entered a ghetto. Soon the ghettos were brimming with hunger, starvation and disease due to deprivation and poor hygiene.
Stage 3: Annihilation 1941 onwards:
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LIVE

11. Jews from Jewish houses, concentration camps and ghettos from different parts of Europe were brought to death factories by goods trains. In Poland and elsewhere in the east,
most notably Belzek, Auschwitz, Sobibor, Treblinka, Chelmno and Majdanek, they were charred in gas chambers. Mass killings took place within minutes with scientific
precision.