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Students examine the key events which led to Hitler’s creation of a dictatorship between January 1933 and August 1934. It includes a study of the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act, banning of opposition, the Night of the Long Knives and the death of President Hindenburg.

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC

The 25 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Lesson key questions
• Slide 3: What is a Dictatorship - Students pick 5 correct statements from a choice of 8 to gain their definition.
• Slide 4-5: Recap knowledge quiz - 10 questions to recap the events so far which will all help with knowledge in this lesson. Answers given.
• Slide 6: Starter 1 - A clip with the ‘Oath of Loyalty’ from the armed forces and an inference style question.
• Slide 7: Starter 2 - A short clip based on a TED clip (linked) to help students identify the main reasons for the creation of a dictatorship.
• Slide 8: Background information - why was Hitler’s power limited as the Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
• Slide 9: An outline of the main events
• Slide 10-11: Task 1 - A timeline/table activity with instructions. Includes printable worksheet.
• Slide 12-13: Task 2 - A comprehension and understanding worksheet based on the fact sheet includes printable resource.
• Slide 14: Challenge questions.
• Slide 15-16: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the ‘Inference’ question on printable answer sheets.
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with useful structure advice.
• Slide 18-20: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘How useful’ question with printable supporting resources.
• Slide 21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Interpretation’ question with printable answer sheet and structure guide.
• Slide 22-23: Learning Review - 10 statements and students need to match each statement to one of the 5 events examined this lesson.
• Slide 24: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 25: More from RA Resources

This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.

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