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Students examine how far the Nazi regime improved the standard of living for German workers between 1933-39 with a focus on: employment, wages, working hours as well as organisations such as Strength Through Joy, the Labour Front and Beauty of Labour.

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’ - Students select 3 features of life from a choice of 12 features they think are signs of a good living standard and argue why they have chosen them.
• Slide 4-5: Recap Quiz - 9 questions covering how the Nazi regime reduced unemployment in Nazi Germany. Answers and bonus question included for higher ability.
• Slide 6: Discussion questions
• Slide 7: Starter Activity - Students examine two tables of statistics and have to infer from them what they suggest about living standards in Nazi Germany. Challenge questions included.
• Slide 8: Background information discussing if living standards actually improved based on how statistics can be misleading.
• Slide 9: An overview of the Nazi organisations.
• Slide 10: Background information about the Volkswagen car scheme.
• Slide 11-12: Task 1 - Students given instructions about how to complete a living graph outlining reasons for and against living standards improving. Includes printable worksheet.
• Slide 13: Task 2 - Follow up questions
• Slide 14-15: Task 3 - Source analysis worksheet with printable resource.
• Slide 16-17: Learning Review - 8 true or false questions with answers and corrections.
• Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
• Slide 19-21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source usefulness’ question with supporting printable resources.
• Slide 22-23: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of two ‘interpretation’ questions.
• 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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