1. What crime has Hitler been accused of according to his speech?
“The verdict that you will pass I know. But that Court will not ask of us, ‘Did you commit high treason or did you not?’ That Court will judge us as Germans who wanted the best for their people and their fatherland, who wished to fight and to die. You may pronounce us guilty a thousand times, but the Goddess who presides over the Eternal Court of History will with a smile tear in pieces the charge of the Public Prosecutor and the verdict of this court. For she acquits us.” – Adolf Hitler 1924
What crime has Hitler been accused of according to his speech?
What does this actually mean? (what might he have done?)
Does Hitler believe he is guilty of this? How do you know? (proof from the source)
This is a section of Adolf Hitler’s speech, given during his court appearance after the Munich Putsch.
Simple source comprehension/inference exercise to get them thinking.

2. The Big Picture: The rise of the Nazis
Key Vocabulary
Republic
Constitution
Armistice
Treaty
Uprising
Depression
Propaganda
How did the Weimar Republic recover in the years ?
THE RISE OF THE NAZIS
Recap of the overall big picture from lesson 1.
What problems did the Weimar Government face in the years ? .
Why did support for the Nazis grow in the period ?

3. Todays Lesson Why did Hitler’s Munich Putsch fail? Key Vocabulary
Uprising
The SA
Why did Hitler’s Munich Putsch fail?
Understand why Hitler carried out the Munich Putsch in 1923
Today’s lesson title and objectives. Needs to be recorded by students.
Identify the early features of the Nazi party .
Evaluate the reasons for the failure of the Putsch. Were there any positives?

4. Hitler: Who are ya? Timeline exercise
Hitler WHO ARE YA? Students complete timeline of Hitler’s early life and involvement with the Nazis as an introduction. They can use the blue Life in Germany book (Waugh and Leonard) pages alongside the timeline worksheet saved in this folder, or this could be an ICT lesson using laptops for research and timeline. If doing ICT please ensure you give students guidance on what to look for and which years to cover.
Timeline exercise

5. What was the Munich Putsch?
Putsch – an uprising (attempt to overthrow the government).
In November 1923 Hitler made plans to overthrow the local government in Munich. This became known as the ‘Munich Putsch’ or the ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ (it took place in a large beer hall!).
Hitler and his men stormed the hall, held Gustav von Kaur (the head of the Bavarian Government) captive and announced he was seizing power.
It is important to understand that whilst this event did not take place in Weimar and therefore was not a direct threat against its very top leaders, it was still considered a threat to the Weimar Government. Confused as to why? See the next slide!
Talk through slide with students

6. The United States of Germany?
Democracy modelled on the USA
From the time of its conception, the Weimar Government was modelled on that of the USA.
Germany was divided into states. The central government was located in the state of Brandenburg, just outside of Berlin.
Each state had its own local government which fed into and carried out orders from central government.
Talk through slide with students
This may help students understand why Hitler did not make an attempt on Berlin at this stage, but might have done had he been successful in Munich.

7. HITLER’S ATTEMPT TO SEIZE POWER
DISTANCE FROM BERLIN TO MUNICH = 367 MILES
WEIMAR HEADQUATERS
Talk through slide with students
Visual demonstration of where Munich is (reasonably accurate! The end of the arrow indicates roughly!) in comparison the Reichstag building in Berlin.
HITLER’S ATTEMPT TO SEIZE POWER

8. Why did the Munich Putsch Fail?
Factor
Explanation
How it contributed to the failure of the Putsch
Timing
Support
Organisation
Students use pages of Life in Germany (Waugh and Leonard) to complete the grid. They may need to add parts to this later after discussion. They can attempt the positives if they see any whilst reading, but again they may need to wait for further discussion to add these.
Worksheet saved in a word document in the folder with this PowerPoint.

9. Interpretations of the Putsch
What can we learn about the events of the Putsch from the following 2 interpretations?
A painting – which you will annotate
A film scene – which you will watch
Introduce next part of lesson. Students will need to glue in the painting and annotate it based on their/your discussions of it. The film scene is from the 2003 film ‘The rise of Evil’.

10. A painting of the putsch done by one of Hitler’s supporters who was present on the day. A clearer copy of this image can be found on page 23 of your textbook.
Use IWB to circle or draw arrows to key parts of the painting.
Identify key people – Hitler/Ludendorff. Possibly discuss body language, defiance etc. Identify the army.
Accurate or not? Some dead Nazis on the floor in front of Hitler. Shows no dead Army men? Light imagery – picture gets lighter towards Hitler and the Nazis to show ligh/dark = good/evil.

11. Hitler: The rise of Evil (2003)
What will you see?
Preparation for the Putsch
The Putsch itself
Hitler’s trial
Is there anything you can add to your worksheet?
Film clips are saved in the folder alongside this PowerPoint. Clips 8 and 9 show the Putsch. Clip 10 shows the trial.

12. Skill: Communication TASK:
In NO MORE than 100 words explain why Hitler’s Munich Putsch failed in 1923.
HISTORY TARGET:
Demonstrate understanding of a range of different factors and their relationship to each other
LITERACY TARGET:
Communicate ideas using accurate historical words which are spelt correctly:
Uprising
Putsch
Hitler
Nazis
Failure
At this stage students write up their thoughts. Please stress the importance of both the History and Literacy targets. They must demonstrate good historical knowledge based on work completed in this lesson, and should include the FIVE key words listed in the literacy target box, ensuring they are used in the correct context and spelt correctly. (Remind them of SPAG at this point if you need to justify why we have literacy targets.)

13. Plenary: This can be done through any method you see fit so long as TILT time is built in to the last part of the lesson.
Today I learnt that….?