PPT-How strong was Weimar Germany?

19191933 Ao1a Ao1b Recall select deploy and communicate relevant historical knowledge clearly and effectively Demonstrate understanding of the past through explanation analysis and arriving at substantiated judgements of key concepts causes consequence significance continuity change and relationships between key features. 1919 - 1929. POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF THE . WEIMAR REPUBLIC. STARTER:. Can you identify these political symbols?. Symbol. 1. North Atlantic Treaty . Organization. 2. Feminism. 3. Nazism. 4. European Union. WARNING! . Remember these answers are not full answers but are just suggestions of points that you could include!. How far does this source explain the problems faced by the Weimar Republic?. Explain what the source does show.  . Weimar Germany: . constitutional, political, economic/financial and social issues (1918–1933); initial challenges (1918–1923). ; . “Golden Era” under Stresemann (1924–1929). ; the crisis years and the rise of Hitler (1929–1933) . Week 8, November 23 . Angela Merkel, “the defender of the West”?. George Packer, “The Quiet German: The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel,” . New Yorker. , December 1, 2014. Weimar periodization. L/O – To identify the achievements and underlying problems of the Weimar Republic and to make a judgement about the extent of recovery. Starter. – Name 4 things Stresemann did to help the German economy recover. The Constitution, . Political Parties, . and Early Threats to the Republic. Mr. Daniel Lazar. Lecture Outline . Background to Weimar: Born in Crisis. Structural-Functional Analysis of Weimar Constitution. L/O – To identify the achievements and underlying problems of the Weimar Republic and to make a judgement about the extent of recovery. Starter. – Name 4 things Stresemann did to help the German economy recover. At the end of World War I and under the threat of a communist revolution, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Weimar. Set up a democratic government known as the Weimar Republic. Wider Reading. Academic Writing. Fulbrook. , M. . A Concise History of Germany, . Cambridge University Press (2004). Hiden. , J. . The Weimar Republic. , Seminar . Staudies. in History, Longman (1996). Your GCSE. Problems in Germany at the end of WWI. Money: Germany was bankrupt. Prices were high, wages were low. Benefits and pensions were stopped. Food shortages meant malnutrition. . Power: People rioted in the streets and the old leader the Kaiser (king) had to leave power. A new government was started but democracy was new to Germany. Communist ideas spread because desperate people saw rich people who were still well off. . in November 1918. This was a time of despair and hope for Germany. At first, the country faced lots of chaos but under Gustav Stresemann, there was some stability. . Key events. 2. 1918 . World War One ended.. th. Century. (The World Wars). Lesson #607. Search for Peace and Stability . during the 1920s. The New Germany. THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. The Kaiser had abdicated – passed power to an elected Reichstag, based in Weimar. L. T. . – To identify and examine the historical conditions that enabled Hitler to rise to power . Emergence of Authoritarian States. As ‘crisis states’, 20. th. century authoritarian states arose out of specific . Key Words:. President – . figurehead of the government.. Chancellor – . head of the government on a day-to-day basis.. Reichstag and Reichsrat – . the two chambers of the German Parliament.. Constitution – .