INTRODUCTION
Homework is a very important part of the Standard Grade
History course. It will help you to develop and practice the skills
you will need to get a good grade in your final exam.
You will be issued with:
A homework programme booklet
A homework jotter
FIVE GOOD HOMEWORK HABITS
 Use your planner to note what your homework is and when
it is due to be handed in.
 Ask your teacher for help if you are not sure how to
tackle the exercise.
 Begin homework well before the date it is due to be
handed in – last minute or rushed work is usually of a
poorer quality.
 If you have been absent from class, it is YOUR
responsibility to find out what homework has been given
by checking the HOMEWORK NOTICEBOARD in your
class.
 If it is impossible to meet the deadline, explain to your
teacher beforehand.
Remember – failure to complete homework will result in
detention being given.
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TASK 1
THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC – KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
CREDIT LEVEL
1.
In 1919 the German Communists hoped to follow the example of their
comrades in Russia.
Describe what happened during the Spartacist Revolt of 1919 in
Germany.
2.
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The Weimar Government in Germany was unpopular in the years
following the Versailles Settlement.
Explain why the Weimar Government was unpopular with many
Germans in the early 1920s.
Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 18-19 to
help you answer these types of questions.
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GENERAL LEVEL
Study the information in the sources – Remember you must use your own
knowledge in your answers.
Source A is about the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918
There was nothing that the Kaiser could do to control the country, for
the army generals refused to support him. All he could do was abdicate.
On 10 November, he secretly left Germany and went by train to Holland,
never to return. Only now would the Allies agree to a ceasefire.
1.
Explain why the Kaiser abdicated in November 1918.
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Source B was written by Erna von Pustau about her time in Hamburg in the
1920s.
We were deceived too. We used to say, “All of Germany is suffering
from hyperinflation”. It was not true – there is no game in the world
where everyone loses: someone has to be the winner. The winners
during inflation were big businessmen in the cities and landowners in the
countryside. The great losers were the working class and the middle
class who had most to lose. I remember going to the baker in the
morning and buying two rolls for 20 marks. In the afternoon the same
rolls were 25 marks.
2.
How important was hyperinflation as a cause of discontent for
Germans during the 1920s?
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Remember to use the HELPSHEET on page 20 to help you
answer these types of questions.
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TASK 2
THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC – ENQUIRY SKILLS
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
Source A shows workers collecting their wages in washing baskets during
the hyperinflation crisis of 1923.
Source A
1.
How useful is Source A as evidence of the problems of hyperinflation
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Source B was written by a German in 1932
By supporting National Socialism we were showing our hatred of
parliamentary politics and democratic debate. We showed we were
against all the heckling and haggling of the other parties, their
coalitions and confusions. It was a common man’s rejection of the
“rascals”. The cry was “throw them all out”.
2.
What was the attitude of the author of Source B towards political
parties in Germany?
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Source C describes the situation in Germany in the early 1930s.
Source C
The effects of the 1929 Wall Street Crash were keenly felt into the
1930s. As unemployment grew and the dole queues lengthened, so many
Germans grew more and more angry with the Weimar politicians.
Increasingly, the promises of Hitler proved attractive to many Germans
and they turned in their thousands to the Nazis.
3.
How fully does Source C show why German people turned against the
Weimar Government? Use evidence from the source and your own
knowledge in your answer.
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Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 21-28 to
help you answer these types of questions.
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TASK 3
THE RISE OF THE NAZIS – KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
CREDIT LEVEL
1.
Explain fully the reasons why the Nazis were able to come to power in
1933 as a result of
EITHER
a)
their own actions and activities
OR
b)
the failures of the Weimar Government
(Note: For this answer you should write a short essay of several
paragraphs)
Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 16-17 to
help you answer these types of questions.
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GENERAL LEVEL
Source A describes Hitler’s trial after the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.
Source A
Hitler stood accused of treason. It seemed that his short political
career was over. In fact, it was just the beginning. His trial lasted
twenty four days and it was front page news in every German newspaper.
Everything that Hitler said in court was read by millions of people, the
biggest audience he had ever had
1.
Describe what happened to Hitler in the months following the Beer
Hall Putsch of 1923.
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Source B describes the use of propaganda by the Nazis in the 1930s.
Source B
In the Nazi party, propaganda was the job of Joseph Gobbels, a small,
clever malicious man. He made records and films of Hitler’s speeches.
He put up millions of posters and flags all over the country. Above all,
he held mass rallies, usually in sports arenas, where Hitler could make
speeches.
2.
How important was Goebbel’s propaganda work in helping the Nazis to
come to power in Germany?
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Remember to use the HELPSHEET on page 20 to help you
answer these types of questions.
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TASK 4
THE RISE OF THE NAZIS – ENQUIRY SKILLS
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
Source A is an extract from the diary of Count Harry Kessler written after
an election in 1932.
Source A
A black day for Germany. The Nazis have increased their number of
seats almost tenfold. They have become the second largest party in the
Reichstag. The impression created abroad must be disastrous. The
impact on foreign and financial affairs is likely to be very damaging. We
face a national crisis. This can only be overcome if all those who accept
or at least tolerate the Republic stand firmly together.
1.
Discuss the attitude of Count Kessler towards the Nazis.
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Source B is a Nazi poster from 1933. The German words say “Our last hope:
HITLER”
Source B
2.
How useful is Source B as evidence of the tactics used by the Nazis
to gain support?
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Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 21-26 to
help you answer these types of questions.
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TASK 5
THE NAZI TAKEOVER OF POWER – KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
1.
By 1934 Hitler was the Fuhrer with complete control over the German
people.
Describe the ways in which Hitler gained total power in Germany.
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2.
Once in power Hitler quickly established the machinery of a Police
State.
Explain how the Nazi Police State maintained Hitler’s power in
Germany from 1933.
.
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Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 18-19 to
help you answer these types of questions.
GENERAL LEVEL
Source A is about Hitler’s rise to power.
Source A
The depression had created the conditions for Hitler’s rise to power.
Hitler appealed to people’s fears and hatreds and these emotions
flourished in the hard times of the early 1930s. A brilliant master of
the dark arts of propaganda, it was he who turned the Nazis into a
party of the masses. Never far below the surface was also an element
of brutality and control.
1.
Explain why Hitler was so successful in winning power in Germany.
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Source B is from ‘Hitler’s Germany’ By Josh Brooman
Source B
On the 23rd March 1933 the Enabling Act let Hitler make laws without
consulting the Reichstag for consent. On the 7th April 1933 he put
Nazis officials in charge of the local governments which ran Germany’s
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2.
Describe how the Nazis established control of Germany after coming
to power.
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Remember to use the HELPSHEET on page 20 to help you
answer these types of questions.
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TASK 6
THE NAZI TAKEOVER OF POWER – ENQUIRY SKILLS
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
Source A is from a report in the “Daily Record” on the Night of the Long
Knives, 2nd July 1934.
Source A
All Europe stands amazed by the massacre of the Nazi chiefs in Germany
following an attempt by the SA Chief of Staff, Ernst Rohm to overthrow
Hitler. Hitler with his own hands arrested Rohm, once his greatest friend.
Rohm was handed a revolver and told to commit suicide. He refused. He was
shot where he stood. Arrests of SA officers followed and many were
executed. The cause of the plot against Hitler was that the SA leader knew
that the Nazi leaders planned a drastic reorganisation of the Brownshirts,
considered by Hitler to be too much under the control of the aggressive Rohm.
1.
How useful is Source A as evidence of the Night of the Long Knives?
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Source B is from a modern historian
Source B
Rohm was causing concern amongst the army and the business community and
was becoming a liability to Hitler. Hitler was convinced that Rohm was planning
to use the SA to snatch power himself. Hitler went to where the SA leaders
were meeting. Supported by the SS, he arrested Rohm personally while the
SS took the remaining SA officers into custody. Rohm was given a gun to
shoot himself but he would not do so. An SS officer then shot him in the
throat.
2.
How far do Sources B and C agree about the Night of the Long
Knives?
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Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 21-24 to
help you answer these types of questions.
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TASK 7
LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY – KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
CREDIT LEVEL
1.
Explain the extent to which violence was a major part of Nazi
treatment of
EITHER
a)
the Jews;
OR
b)
other political and religious opponents.
(Note: For this answer you should write a short essay of several
paragraphs)
GENERAL LEVEL
Source A describes the Hitler Youth Movement inside Germany
Source A
The Youth movement is called the Hitler Youth. It started in 1926
and is now a huge organisation with 6 million members. Like an army,
it has regiments, battalions and so on. Those of use who know
Germany have no doubt that its purpose is to prepare young
Germans for service in the armed forces, trained and ready to fight.
1. Describe Nazi policy towards young people living in Germany.
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Source B describes the anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws of 1935
Source B
Jews were forbidden to marry citizens of German blood. A Jew
could not be a German citizen. Jews could not vote in any political
election and were banned from holding public office or government
posts.
2. Explain why life in Germany became difficult for Jewish people in the
1930s.
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Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 16-17 and
page 20 to help you answer these types of questions.
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TASK 8
LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY – ENQUIRY SKILLS
Write the above heading into your homework jotter and today’s date. Then
answer the following questions.
Source A is a graph showing estimated numbers of prisoners in
concentration camps in Germany taken from Nazi documents published in
1939.
Source A
1.
How useful is Source A for studying Nazi methods of dealing with
opposition in the 1930s?
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Source B was written by a former prisoner of a concentration camp
Source B
Every year from 1933 our numbers increased. In 1939 there were
many thousands of us – all prisoners of the Nazis because we opposed
their will. We made up a small part of the many thousands held in
concentration camps throughout the Reich. Many of us were just poor
devils accused of having spoken against the Fuhrer.
2.
How far do Sources A and B agree about Nazi concentration camps?
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In Source C an English woman describes a conversation with a German army
officer in 1936.
Source C
I came away depressed. I know there are anti-Nazi groups in the
church and the civil service but they seem unable to do anything. The
Nazis got a stranglehold before anyone realised what was happening.
The Nazis seem to have enormous energy and power and the opposition
groups don’t seem to have either.
3.
How fully does Source C explain why it was difficult to oppose the
Nazis? Use evidence from the source and your own knowledge to
explain your answer.
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Remember to use the HELPSHEETS on pages 21-28 to
help you answer these types of questions.
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