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### The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act ###

Author: harry ingham, maplesden noakes school maidstone

At a Glance
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Subject: History
Keystage: S3, S4
Timescale: Lesson
Scope: Individual student
Resource Type: Class Teaching
Development Stage: Developing Idea

Description: 
Brief description of the 2 events for use by Y11 lower ability pupils.

Objective: 
Give a brief overview of the 2 events and encourage understanding of bias
(the selection of sources is biased) through the investigation of sources.

Assessment: 
Orally and by responses to the questions set by the teacher.

Prior Knowledge: 
Previous events leading up to Nazi rule.

Materials: 
1. The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/uploads/materials/10568/The Reichstag Fire and the
Enabling Act.ppt
MS PowerPoint - Brief description of the 2 events for use by Y11 lower
ability pupils.

2. The Warsaw Ghetto WS
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/uploads/materials/10569/warsaw ghetto.doc
MS Word - A self contained worksheet to enable the pupil to understand the
reasons why ghettos were used and the consequences of the use of ghettos.

### Comments ###

1. phil smith, Coney Green High School (17 Feb 04)
          
These slides prove to be extremely helpful to begin an investigation into
"Why is it so difficult to decide who really started the Reichstag Fire?" 
Notice how the enquiry question is specifically worded to ensure that pupil
and teacher focus is on an a series of lessons focussing on source material
and evidential issues.  Much work on getting the enquiry question sharp and
focused has been done in articles from the likes of Michael Riley and Jamie
Byron in Teaching History.  In fact articles from the likes of Dale Banham
and Chris Cuplin have showed that to ensure pupils are ready for the
demands of the GCSE examination teachers have to be more imaginative and
sharper thereby avoiding evidential questions simply being tacked onto the
end of worksheets and leading to pupil demotivation

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