Students examine why the Weimar Republic was unpopular in Germany following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and also examine the idea behind the ‘Stab in the Back’.
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: As You Enter Warm Up - Should any country be punished for losing a war?
- Slide 4-5: Last Lesson Recap - 8 question multiple choice quiz about the Weimar Constitution
- Slide 6: Starter Discussion - In what ways was the Weimar Republic popular and unpopular?
- Slide 7-8: Background to the Treaty of Versailles with knowledge gap fill and answers.
- Slide 9-11: Background information about the Treaty of Versailles
- Slide 12: Map based activity looking at the territory Germany lost
- Slide 13: Useful links to 4 video clips
- Slide 14-15: Task 1 - Students complete a diagram outlining the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Printable resource included.
- Slide 16-17: Task 2 - Students complete a table based activity explaining why the terms were so unpopular in Germany.
- Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
- Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question with exam question support
- Slide 20: Challenge questions
- Slide 21: Additional source inference and usefulness activity
- Slide 22-23: Learning Review - use the 8 images to outline the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 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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