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starter activity. Guess who? How important is it to study the early life of figures from history?. Who was Adolf Hitler?. Learning objectives. To create a timeline of key events in AH’s life To write an interview with AH highlighting key ideas and turning points. Your task.
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starter activity Guess who? How important is it to study the early life of figures from history?
Who was Adolf Hitler? Learning objectives To create a timeline of key events in AH’s life To write an interview with AH highlighting key ideas and turning points
Your task • Read p.18-21. Plot these dates on a timeline and note what happens in a sentence. • 1889 • 1899 • 1903 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1913 • 1914 • 1918 • 1919 Study the interpretations of Hitler’s early life and choose which you think is the most accurate. Use evidence from your timeline to support your judgement.
Hitler’s early life • 1889 – born in Branau, Austria • 1899 – attended local church school for 5 years • 1903 – father (a hard-drinking bully) died • 1905 – failed exams & left school • 1906 - mother died, Hitler went to Vienna in search of work • 1907 – tried to pass entrance exams at Vienna Art Academy • 1913 – went to Munich to avoid compulsory service in army • 1914 – volunteered to join army at start of WWI; Iron Cross • 1918 – temporarily blinded, in hospital at end of War • 1919 – joined German Workers’ Party
Your task • Imagine you had the chance to interview the young Hitler. Ask him about key events in his life and get him to explain their importance to him in the development of his ideas. • Find out which 2 events were turning points
Homework • Write an essay-style response to this question: • ‘How important was ‘hyperinflation’ amongst other factors in weakening Weimar government?’ • Tip – don’t only discuss hyperinflation consider 3 or 4 other factors and decide which was the most important. Aim to write 1 side of A4
Plenary • 3 key events in Hitler’s early life? • 2 turning points? • Key ideas emerging from his experiences and writings? • Do you think that by 1919 it was inevitable that Hitler would become an extremist?