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Students examine the reasons for and features of the cultural changes which took place in Weimar Germany between 1924-29 including changes to art, cinema, literature and architecture.

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

The 29 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’ - Students look at a piece of abstract art from 1920s Germany and simply discuss - ‘Is this art?’.
• Slide 4-5: Recap - Students use 8 images to recap the various ways that women experienced change in the Weimar Republic.
• Slide 6: Starter 1 - Students analyse two sources about culture in the Weimar Republic and have to identify what changed as well as how the two sources differ in their opinion of culture in Weimar Germany.
• Slide 7-8: Starter 2 - A fun questionnaire style sheet which examines if students would like the cultural changes in Germany or not - responses/answer given.
• Slide 9-11: Task 1 - Students match the reasons for the change in culture with the explanation. Answers given with printable worksheet.
• Slide 12: An overview of the main changes in styles such as New Objectivity, Expressionism and Modernism.
• Slide 13-16: Background information and images linked to the cultural changes which took place in Weimar Germany.
• Slide 17: Task 2 - Instructions for students to complete an art exhibition poster for the Bauhaus.
• Slide 18-19: Task 3: Printable worksheet based on the lesson fact sheet.
• Slide 20: EXAM FOCUS - An example and printable answersheet of the ‘Source Inference’ question.
• Slide 21: EXAM FOCUS - An example and structure guide to the ‘Explain why’ question.
• Slide 22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of the 4 mark ‘Interpretation’ question with suggested structire guide.
• Slide 23-27: EXAM FOCUS - Various examples and help sheets to guide students through the ‘How useful’ question. Includes model answer.
• Slide 28: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 29 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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