2. The year is 1933
Your Job: intelligence agent with
the British Secret Intelligence
Service
Your cover story: You
are travelling to
Germany to start a business there
Your Mission: To
find out the reasons
why Hitler came to power
3. Background Briefing
His
own
strengths
Other
events
His own
and
abilities
Other events
beyond
his
control
strengths
• Leadership
skills
• Nazi
promises
and
beyond his
• Economic
depression
• The
German
public’s
and abilities
propaganda
• Nazi
organisation
control
fear
of
communism
• Political
deals
made
with
German
leaders
Hitler’s
Rise to
Power
4. Mission Briefing
" Each
team
will
be
given
1
of
the
6
possible
reasons
why
Hitler
came
to
power
" It
is
your
job
to
investigate
this
given
reason
and
create
a
short
presentation
on
how
it
helped
Hitler
rise
to
power
" You
will
investigate
using
3
sources
from
the
intelligence
file
" Presentations
will
be
created
at
http://tinyurl.com/3x-‐riseo5itler
" The
intelligence
file
(sources)
and
more
information
are
all
available
at
there
5. Action Plan
There
is
an
intelligence
file
available
at
http://tinyurl.com/3x-‐riseoQitler
on
Hitler’s
rise
to
power
1. Look
through
the
file
and
choose
3
sources
that
help
you
explain
your
given
reason
from
http://tinyurl.com/3x-‐riseoQitler
and
work
on
the
slides
with
your
given
reason
3. Your
slides
should
include
an
analysis
of
the
3
sources
and
what
they
tell
you
about
the
reason
why
Hitler
rose
to
power.
6. Your lead
1. Economic
depression
(x2)
2. The
German
public’s
fear
of
communism
3. Political
deals
made
with
German
leaders
(x2)
4. Hitler’s
leadership
skills
5. Nazi
promises
and
propaganda
6. Nazi
organisation
7. Your Team
1. Researcher:
read
and
research
2. Scribe:
take
notes
and
type/
beautify
the
slides
3. Timekeeper:
keep
track
of
time
and
keep
group
members
on
task
4. Presenter:
present
research
to
class
