What was Germany like

Pre1918?

Learning Objectives:

• To understand keywords for the Germany Unit

• To identify the key characteristics of the German nation

and its people pre-World War I

• To develop a profile of Kaiser Wilhelm?

How did we let this happen?

LO: To understand keywords for the Germany Unit

Starter: Match the Key words to

the definitions

Kaiser

Autocracy

Abdicate

Democracy

Republic

Constitution

Weimar Republic

President

Friedrich Ebert

Reichstag

Chancellor

Dictator

Fuhrer

To give up the throne

A country not governed by a monarch

A set of rules on how a country is run

The German parliament

The German Prime Minister

King

Head of state and government

When just 1 person has all the power

A government that is elected

First President of the Weimar Republic

The government in Germany after WW1

Someone who rules anyway they like

What Hitler called himself

Germany Pre 1918

LO: To identify the key

characteristics of the

German nation and its

people pre-WW I

What makes a country great?

Germany Pre 1918

LO: To identify the key

characteristics of the

German nation and its

people pre-WW I

Research – Application - Prioritizing Information

Using the internet / textbook to help you explain why

Germany was a great nation pre 1914.

Which factor is the most important in making a nation

great?

Diet & Welfare

Industry

Education

Empire

Government

Art & Culture

Was German a

great country?

The Creation of

Germany

LO: To identify the key characteristics of the German nation and its people pre-WW I

• Before 1871 the area we call Germany had been

made up of many separate

states, Prussia was the

largest and strongest and

united all these German states into the German

Reich (empire).

• From 1888 Kaiser Wilhelm II

was in charge and he had

a lot of power, he could appoint or dismiss the

Chancellor and get rid of

the parliament (Reichstag)

Who was Kaiser

Wilhelm II?

LO: To identify the key characteristics of the German nation and its people pre-WW I

• You are a secret agent for the British Government and have been commissioned to write a profile of the Kaiser.

o Backgroundo Personal Qualitieso How did he run

Germany?

Write all your key points down as individual

bullet points