PDF file: History - Advanced Higher - Germany - Education Scotland

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
General Aims
This Advanced Higher context has to fulfil the overall aims for this level of historical
study i.e.:
• to acquire depth in the knowledge and understanding of historical themes.
• to develop skills of analysing issues, developments and events, drawing
conclusions and evaluating sources.
Course Content
The content to be covered is described in the following terms:
Germany: Versailles to the Outbreak of World War II
A study of the changing nature of political authority, the reasons for changes and the
consequences of the changing character of political authority, focusing on the themes
of ideology, authority and revolution.
The creation of the Weimar Republic, including: military defeat, the November
Revolution and the Treaty of Versailles; social and political instability; economic
crisis and hyper-inflation.
A period of relative stability, including: currency reform and the Dawes plan; social
welfare provision; the Stressemann era in foreign affairs.
The collapse of Weimar, including: economic depression and mass unemployment;
the weakening of democracy, Bruning to Schleicher; the rise of Nazism; Hitler and
the Nazi takeover of power.
The transformation of post-Weimar society, including: Nazi consolidation of power in
Germany; Nazi economic policy; Nazi social and racial policies; the impact of foreign
policy on domestic circumstances.
Assessment
Course requirements describe the criteria that students are expected to meet as
consisting of the ability to:
• handle detailed information in order to analyse events and their relationship
thoroughly
• use this analysis to address complex historical issues including consideration of
alternative interpretations
• draw a series of judgements together by structured, reasoned argument reaching
well-supported conclusions.
History: Germany: Versailles to the Outbreak of World War II - 1918-1939 (AH) 1