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Students examine the reasons why Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg in January 1933 with the main focus being a timeline and anlysis of events.

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 - Why did Hindenburg Appoint Hitler as Chancellor in 1933?
• Slide 2: Lesson key questions
• Slide 3-5: Knowledge recap gap fill with answers and printable resource
• Slide 6: Starter Source Analysis - Students study a painting of the SA in 1932 with prompt questions about the popularity and actions of the Nazi Party.
• Slide 7: Starter 2 - A problem solving activity with students given a choice of scenarios for Hitler to pick based on historical events.
• Slide 8: Starter 3 - A problem solving activity with students given a choice of scenarios for Hindenburg to pick from based on historical events.
• Slide 9: Lesson outline
• Slide 10: Task 1 - Instructions for the timeline linking to the A4 printable resource included.
• Slide 11: Task 2 - Give reasons why Hitler was appointed Chancellor - answers included.
• Slide 12: Challenge questions.
• Slide 13: Learning Review - Which statement do you agree with most and why?
• Slide 14: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a source inference question
• Slide 15-18: EXAM FOCUS - An example and help sheets for the ‘How useful’ question.
• Slide 19-21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of the two ‘Interpretation’ questions with answer help.
• Slide 22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question.
• Slide 23: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question.
• Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 24: 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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