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Weimar Simulation Part2

This document provides information about Weimar Germany between 1921-1929 through a series of boxes covering international and domestic crises, recoveries, and instability. The boxes discuss political, economic, social and cultural events and developments during this tumultuous period including hyperinflation, the Beer Hall Putsch, the Locarno Treaties and rise of the Nazi party under Hitler.

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Weimar Simulation Part2

This document provides information about Weimar Germany between 1921-1929 through a series of boxes covering international and domestic crises, recoveries, and instability. The boxes discuss political, economic, social and cultural events and developments during this tumultuous period including hyperinflation, the Beer Hall Putsch, the Locarno Treaties and rise of the Nazi party under Hitler.

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Worksheet to accompany the interactive simulation at [Link].

uk / 1
Weimar Germany, 1921-29
1. Standard Task: Complete this worksheet as you progress through the ActiveHistory simulation.
2. Extension Task: Produce a definitions list of key concepts mentioned in the game (highlighted in red), key
people (highlighted in purple) and key dates (highlighted in green)

B. Recovery, 1924- C. Instability,


A. Crisis, 1921-1923
1928 1924-1928
Box 1: International Crisis Box 8: International Recovery Box 9: International
1921 [Jan]: Reparations Bill 1925: The Locarno Treaties Instability
??? ▪ Background: Relations with the USSR:
??? ???
1922 [Apr]: Rapallo Treaty ▪ Terms:
International
>
??? ???
▪ Evidence of success:
Background 1923 [Jan]: Ruhr Invasion
???
▪ Rhineland - ???
▪ League - ???
▪ Nobel - ???
▪ Honeymoon - ???
Stresemann and
Chamberlain at Locarno
Box 2: Social Crisis Box 7: Cultural Recovery Box 10: Cultural Instability
1923 [Jan-Nov]: Passive [make notes on as many of the Cinema - Expressionism /
Domestic Resistance
▪ Strikes:
following as you wish]:
▪ Science: ???
Fritz Lang:
???
Results: ???
▪ Deaths:
▪ Music: ???
▪ Drama: ??? Art – Dadaism / George
Social / ???
▪ Evictions:
▪ Literature: ???
▪ Architecture: ???
Grosz:
???
Cultural ??? ▪ Cinema: ???

Results
Marlene Dietrich, star of
‘The Blue Angel’
Box 3: Economic Crisis Box 6: Economic Recovery Box 11: Economic Instability
1923 [Jan-Nov]: Hyperinflation 1923 [Nov]: Passive Resistance ▪ Working classes
Causes: / The Rentenmark: ???
??? ??? ▪ Middle Classes
Domestic Effects:
1924 [Apr]: The Dawes Plan:
▪ Terms:
???
▪ Germany Economy
Results: ??? ???
▪ Evidence of success:
???

Economic ???

Results
German woman wearing a
dress of banknotes
Box 4: Political Crisis Box 5: Political Recovery Box 12: Political Instability
1923 [Nov.]: Beer Hall Putsch 1923 [Nov.]: Beer Hall Putsch 1924 [Jan]: Hitler's Trial /
What was it? defeated "Mein Kampf"
??? ▪ How did Ebert win the support of ???
Domestic Why was the government unable to
the Army?
???
▪ Why was the government
unwilling to ban the Nazi party?
Results:
>
rely on the Army? ▪ What happened to the rebels? ???
??? ??? 1924: Hitler changes tactics
Political Other evidence of stability
▪ Stresemann
???
1925: Ebert replaced by
Results ??? Hindenburg
▪ Elections May 1928 ???
???
Adolf Hitler at the time of
the Munich Putsch

Extension Questions
If you had been the leader of Germany during this period,
(a) What things would you have done differently?
(b) What do you think the results of these actions would have been?

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