Aim: What were the beliefs of Hitler and the
Nazi’s?
Do Now: What conditions were given to Germany at the
signing of the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI?
Homework: Handout – Hitler’s
Beliefs
Instructional Objectives
• We will be able to:
– Describe the problems faced by Germany after
WWI
– Describe the beliefs of Adolf Hitler and the
Nazis.
Agenda:
Do Now
Notes – Mini-lesson
Reading Activity
Summary
Nazi Beliefs
• Rearm Germany and retake what was lost at Versailles.
• The German Race (blond, blue eyed Aryans) were the superior race.
Anyone else was racially impure and should be removed from Germany.
Hitler called the Germans the “master race”. Jews, Gypsies and
Communists… were dangerous and should be removed or destroyed.
• The “master race” needed more living space, known (in German) as
Lebensraum. He believed Germany should expand in Russia.
Question?
The Stabbed in the Back Theory
• Hitler and the Nazis believed that they had been stabbed in the back
by the German Jews and the German democratic government (The
Weimar Republic) at the end of WWI. They would not except that
they had lost the war. In reality many Jews had fought in the war and
the Nazis used them as a scapegoat (someone to blame) for
Germany’s problems. The Nazis also hated democracy and wanted
power.
Re-arm Germany
Hitler was a very charismatic speaker,
he would start speaking calmly and
work his way into a loud frenzy.
Activity – Read “Poison in the Streets” on
pages 442-447 in Enjoy Global History
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Why did Germany face serious problems after WWI?
How did Hitler explain why Germany lost the war?
According to Hitler, what was Germany’s destiny?
What were Hitler’s plans for the German
government of the future?
• How did Hitler become known throughout Germany?
Summary Question
What were the central
beliefs of Hitler and
the Nazis?
Homework:
• Handout – Hitler’s Beliefs.
Aim: How did the Nazi’s rise to power?
Do Now: What is inflation?
A German 5 trillion mark [dollar bill] from 1923
Homework: Handout – How did
Hitler Handle Unemployment?
Accounts of German Inflation
Accounts of German Inflation
Instructional Objectives
• We will be able to:
• What problems were facing Germany in
the years after WWI?
• Why did many German people support the
Nazis?
Agenda:
Do Now
Notes – Mini-lesson
DBQ
Summary
RISE OF GERMAN NAZI PARTY
ECONOMIC REASONS:
NATIONALISM:
• In the 1920’s Germany
suffered a tremendous
DEPRESSION. Millions of
people were unemployed
and hunger was
widespread.
• Nazi Party PROMISED to
provide jobs and food to
the people if they were
elected.
• As the economy worsened,
more Germans voted for
the Nazi Party.
• Nazi Party PROMISED to
make Germany powerful
again by rebuilding the
armed forces.
• 2. PROMISED to break the
hated Treaty of Versailles
and regain territory that
Germany had been forced
to surrender.
SOCIAL ORDER
• Riots between German Communist and AntiCommunist supporters were happening daily. Nazis
promised to bring order and stability into Germany.
• Most Communist supporters were later jailed and
executed.
Hitler’s Promises to the German People
Activity – Answer DBQ’s on pre-WWII
Germany
• Keep in mind the central question:
“Why did the Nazi Party and Nazism Appeal to
the German People?”
Summary Questions
• What problems were facing Germany in
the years after WWI?
• Why did many German people support the
Nazis?
Homework
Handout: How did
I Tackle
Unemployment?