This lesson will be an introduction to the start and cause of the Second World War. We plan on exemplifying what the atmosphere was in Germany before the Second World War, and why it helped build the tension between the World Powers.

1. Take out a
scrap piece of
paper
• Before the lesson begins
• Make a few notes on what
you look for in a good
leader

2. For Your Note Look
For These Key
Terms and Copy
Them Down
• Treaty ofVersailles
• Reparations
• League of Nations
• Adolf Hitler
• "Beer Hall Putsch"
• Treason
• My Struggle
• ”Law for the Restoration of the ProfessionalCivil
Service”
• "Law for the Protection of German Blood and German
Honour,”
• Nuremburg Laws

3. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WA
TCH?V=ANPTWKKWQ1O
The Speech of a Leader

4. What would
you vote?
• Hands up in favour?
• Hands up Against?

5. Germany and the
Treaty of Versailles
• Written by the Allies with almost no participation by the
Germans
• Covenant of the New League of Nations, which Germany was
not allowed to join
• Part II specifiedGermany’s new boundaries
• Part III stipulated a demilitarized zone and separated
Germany
• Part IV strippedGermany of all its colonies
• PartV reduced Germany’s armed forces to very low levels and
prohibited Germany from possessing certain classes of
weapons, while committing the Allies to eventual
disarmament as well.
• PartVIII established Germany’s liability for reparations

6. ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE
• Germany accepted the responsibility of itself
and its allies for the losses and damages of
the Allies “as a consequence of the war
imposed upon them by the aggression of
Germany”
• HOWEVER, COULDGERMANY REALLY
ACCEPTTHETERMSAND CONDITIONS?
• IFYOUWERE GERMANY HOWWOULDYOU
FEEL?

7. The Germans
• Unhappy
• Poor
• Politically unstable
Look at the political cartoon.What
do you think it represents?
Once again, if you were Germany,
how would you feel?

8. Movie • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YJfOZkriyk&list=
PLh_EHnOyU3dNDuJ2FS8PhqW6i6XLnCX1
• What part of the film surprised you the most?
• Did you think the compromises were fair?
• How would you feel if you were a German Leader?
• How would you feel if you were Britain or France?

9. Watch the
First 2
Minutes of
the
Following
Video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-
7YCcZUXmw&index=2&list=PLh_EHnOyU3dNBDuJ2F
S8PhqW6i6XLnCX1
• Does this video change any of your previous opinions?
About:
• You can see that Germany was really struggling to form
its own identity
• Germany was being bullied and stripped of their
economy and strength

10. Who was Adolf Hitler?
• Born in Austria, to a large family
• Loved art, applied to art school and was rejected several times
• In 1914 he fought in the First WorldWar
• Cross First Class and the BlackWound Badge
• Hitler returned to Munich and continued to work for the military as
an intelligence officer.
• Hitler joined the DAP (GermanWorker’s Party) in September 1919.
• To increase its appeal, the DAP changed its name to the
Nationalsozialistische DeutscheArbeiterpartei (NSDAP), often
abbreviated to Nazi.

11. Hitler’s Rise
to Power
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFICRFKtAc4

12. Hitler’s
Political
Climb
• Notoriety for his vitriolic speeches against theTreaty of
Versailles, rival politicians
• Then promoted to Chairman of the Nazi Party
• November 8, 1923, Hitler and the SA (StormTroopers)
stormed a public meeting featuring Bavarian Prime
Minister Gustav Kahr at a large beer hall in Munich.
Hitler announced that the national revolution had
begun and declared the formation of a new
government. After a short struggle that led to several
deaths, the coup known as the "Beer Hall Putsch"
failed.
• Hitler was arrested and tried for high treason. He
served nine months in prison, during which time he
dictated most of the first volume of Mein Kampf ("My
Struggle")

13. Mien Kampf
• Outlined Hitler’s plans to
transform Germany based
on race
• Due to the depression and
unemployment rates in
Germany, the German
people were open to
extremist Ideas
• In 1932, Hitler ran against 84-
year-old PaulVon
Hindenburg and lost.
However…

14. Political Take Over
• Hitler was appointedChancellor
• Hitler used his position as chancellor to form a de facto
legal dictatorship.The Reichstag Fire Decree, announced
after a suspicious fire at parliament, suspended basic
rights and allowed detention without trial. Hitler also
engineered the passage of the EnablingAct, which gave
his cabinet full legislative powers for a period of four years
and allowed for deviations from the constitution.
• On July 14, 1933, Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only
legal political party in Germany. In October of that year,
Hitler ordered Germany's withdrawal from the League of
Nations.

15. The Nazi Party and
Their Rules
• From 1933 until the start of the war in 1939, Hitler
and his Nazi regime instituted hundreds of laws
and regulations to restrict and exclude Jews in
society.
• On April 1, 1933, Hitler implemented a national
boycott of Jewish businesses which was followed
by the introduction of the ”Law for the
Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” of
April 7, 1933, which was one of the first laws to
persecute Jews by excluding them from state
service.

16. The New Laws and Legislation
• Additional legislation furthered the persecution of
Jews including laws restricting:
1. Number of Jewish students at schools and
universities
2. Limiting Jews working in medical and legal
professions
3. Revoking the licenses of Jewish tax consultants
• InApril 1933, the Main Office for Press and
Propaganda of the German Student Union called for
"ActionAgainst the Un-German Spirit,” prompting
students to burn more than 25,000 “Un-German”
books, ushering in an era of censorship and Nazi
propaganda.
• Jewish actors were forbidden from performing in film
or in the theater.

17. Nuremburg
Laws
• Defined a "Jew" as anyone with three or four
grandparents who were Jewish, regardless of whether
the person considered themselves Jewish or observed
the religion
• "Law for the Protection of German Blood and German
Honour" banned marriage between non-Jewish and
Jewish Germans
• Targeted children with physical and developmental
disabilities
• Authorized a euthanasia program for disabled adults.
• Persecuted homosexuals
• Gay prisoners were forced to wear pink triangles to
identify their homosexuality, which Nazis considered a
crime and a disease.

18. Exit Slip:
Journal Entry
• You can write your answers in point form
• When you first heard Hitler's speech, why
would you vote/or not vote in favour of Hitler.
What factors did you consider when you first
heard the speech (think about elements of
persuasion, language, tone . . . .)?
• How did your opinion change throughout the
lesson?
• Were there any images or videos that really
spoke to you?