1. WALT:
Unscramble the WALT
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2. WALT: Did the Nazi’s create an economic miracle?
WILFS:
Can identify Hitler's economic priorities on coming to power (E)......
Can describe and explain the 2 periods of economic management under the Nazis: Schacht and Goring (C).....
Can evaluate the success or otherwise of Nazi economic policies (A)

3. What do we already know?
Padlet what we already know about whether the Nazi’s created an economic miracle.
What was the economy like under the Weimar ?
What was their aims under Schacht and Goering ?
Did Schacht lay the economic foundations of the Third Reich?
The Four Year Plan. Why was the crisis of 1936 such a significant economic and political turning point?
A war economy? Arguments for and against?
The economic impact of war?
Did they achieve them? 7m

4. Reading Task
With your study buddy – Read a page of the Document and summarise your sheet on Padlet.
Take out any useful quotes.

5. Questions…
With your study buddy use the on Padlet to answer the questions on the worksheet (on WatHistory). Save and Submit to the site. STOP AFTER Q2
What are Schacht’s major criticisms of Nazi economic policy from 1936?
In what ways should Schacht’s analysis be treated with caution? Why is it still a very useful source for the historian?
Explain in your own words how and why Overy’s analysis of economic policy dovetails with German foreign policy from 1936 to 1941?
In what ways could you criticise the presentation of the statistics?
Do these sources and other evidence known to you; support the thesis that ‘Nazi economic policy made a war of conquest inevitable?

6. Conclusion
On the surface Hitler’s economic policy was highly successful –restored full employment and built up the economy into the most powerful in Europe, enabling the early military successes of But autarky was never achieved and rearmament distorted the economy.
Promenade whether we agree?

7. Just a Minute. No Deviation, Repetition or Hesitation.
Talk for One Minute…
Did the Nazi Government create an economic miracle?
Create no more than 5 flash cards to help you.