The document outlines a lesson plan for high school students to learn about the rise and fall of Hitler over the course of a week. The plan includes using lectures, primary documents, videos and class discussions to teach students about the conditions that allowed Hitler's rise to power in Germany, his leadership of Nazi Germany during World War 2, and the events that ultimately led to his downfall.

1. The Rise and Fall of Hitler

2. Analyze the Learner
● The Students are in an advanced history
course for an elective. There are 25
students, who are attending private school
in the area. They range from 16-18 years of
age, with 12 white males, 8 white females, 2
African American males, 1 African American
female, and 2 Jewish males.
● The students enjoy challenging courses and
group discussion.

3. Main Objective
My students will identify and describe, the
events that lead to Hitlers rise to power, his
reign over the 3rd
Reich, and the fall of
Hitler, by listening to lectures, analyzing
primary documents, watching a video, and
class discussion, by the end of the week
with 85% accuracy.

4. Day By Day Breakdown
● Monday-Students will learn about the conditions in Europe pre
World War 1, that conditioned Germany for a Hitler, by a
presentation
● Tuesday-Students will learn about events in Hitlers life from
World War 1 to the mid 1920's, by analyzing primary
documents, and a lecture
● Wednesday-Students will learn about Germany's depression,
and Hitlers rise to power into the early 30's by watching a movie.
● Thursday-Students will learn about Hitler's and the Holocaust,
and the early war years, by watching video clips, and primary
documents
● Students will learn about the turning point of the war, and Hitlers
downfall, by lecture and class discussion

5. Use of Technology
● Dailymotion (Video)
● Schindlers List DVD
● Power Point
● Primary Documents

6. Work Cited
● Fann, William Edwin. "Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943." The
American Journal of Psychiatry 158.12 (2001): 2099-100. ProQuest. Web. 2
Feb. 2015.
● "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. Original Material, n.d. Web. 02 Feb.
2015. http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles159-213.htm.
● "Hitlers Speech to the Commanders in Cheif." GHDI. GHDI, n.d. Web. 01 Feb.
2015. http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/docpage.cfm?docpage_id=2286.
● Struve, Walter. Elites against Democracy; Leadership Ideals in Bourgeois
Political Thought in Germany, 1890-1933. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1973.
Print.
● “The Nazis, A Warning From History: Helped Into Power,” Dailymotion. BBC,
n.d. Web. 31 Jan 2015.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq1ym0_the-nazis-a-warning-from-history-1-helped-in

7. Work Cited
● Fann, William Edwin. "Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943." The
American Journal of Psychiatry 158.12 (2001): 2099-100. ProQuest. Web. 2
Feb. 2015.
● "Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. Original Material, n.d. Web. 02 Feb.
2015. http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles159-213.htm.
● "Hitlers Speech to the Commanders in Cheif." GHDI. GHDI, n.d. Web. 01 Feb.
2015. http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/docpage.cfm?docpage_id=2286.
● Struve, Walter. Elites against Democracy; Leadership Ideals in Bourgeois
Political Thought in Germany, 1890-1933. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1973.
Print.
● “The Nazis, A Warning From History: Helped Into Power,” Dailymotion. BBC,
n.d. Web. 31 Jan 2015.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq1ym0_the-nazis-a-warning-from-history-1-helped-in