E/G Block: History 12-2/12-3 Germany in the 1920s

Please remember that the Italian Fascism timeline assignment is due Friday.  Here are the criteria:

1. Choose six or so events that you think best represent the steps that Mussolini and Company took to establish the Italian fascist state.
2. The timeline should range roughly from 1920 to 1940 (a few years either way are okay).  Events on the timeline can be a specific date (ex. 5 July, 1920) but may include events that involve a range of dates (ex. June 1925 to Aug 1927).
3. Each event should have the following: a) title, b) image, and c) what/so-what statement.
4. Your timeline will be assessed on a) accuracy, b) the logic/support behind the choice of your events, and c) creativity.
5. This is a rare chance to improve your mark with "homework" done outside if class.  Your timeline can be a monochromatic (black and white) Microsoft Work document printed on 8.5 X 11 inch photocopy paper, but your creativity mark might suffer.  It may be any size, may involve cutting and pasting and need not be a "poster" or "mini-poster;" if you wish it may be three dimensional, and may include multi-mediums (a variety of materials).


Today, I opened with a graphic organizer of Germany in the 1920s.  I asked students to take the terms from a word search puzzle and find them on the organizer.  In the old days, I used to ask the class to create the notes for the organizer from the list: today I did the tough part for you.  Next, I had the class read pp. 62-63 from the old Howarth text.  By now you should have a strong sense of the political spectrum and only need to read about specific parties in particular instances to have a sense of where they would fit on the spectrum.  Today we spent time discussing the emergence of non-
revolutionary socialist parties in Germany and Britain.  Here are the notes:

New political power structures developed in Western Europe

Next, I showed a PPT on the three putsches (use the link to SlideShare to view it).  We noted that the first two occurred almost immediately after the Armistice, as the new government was just getting started.  One group wanted a Bolshevik-style revolution and the other wanted a return to the "old" ways.  Then, in 1923, Hitler and Ludendorff (for the second time) had their turn.  The bottom line is that Hitler learned that revolt wasn't going to work and from this point, starting with the creation of Mein Kampf we see the shift towards his working within the system to gain power "within the system."  We closed by watching some old British Pathe footage of the Sparticus and Kapp putsches, and then debriefed Ex 1-3 of DeMarco (Chapter 6).  Please complete the chapter for homework, including the exercises.