Read and reflect on clauses from the Treaty of Versailles that punish Germany for its role in World War I.
Read and reflect on clauses from the Treaty of Versailles that punish Germany for its role in World War I.
Learn about the period of disastrous inflation inWeimar Germany after World War I and consider the effects of this era on German citizens.
Examine the platform of the German Social Democratic Party.
Examine the Proclamation of the Free Socialist Republic, delivered in a speech by Karl Liebknecht from the balcony of the Berlin City Palace.
Read and consider the War Guilt Clause of the Treaty of Versailles, a part of the agreement that stated that Germany was responsible for beginning World War I.
Read Winston Churchill's reflections on the casualties and horrors of World War I.
This middle school curriculum leads students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.
Friedrich Ebert was a German politician and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Ebert began his professional life as a saddle maker, and became active in his labor union before joining the Social Democratic Party. While an elected member of the Reichstag (German legislature), Ebert became a leader of the SPD. He supported the war effort during World War One, although he opposed the expansionist war aims and lost three sons. Following the abdication of the Kaiser at the end of the war, Ebert was given the unenviable task of leading the transitional government. One of Ebert’s first challenges was a rebellion from the radical left, which he put down in alliance with the conservative generals. The National Assembly chose Ebert to serve as President of the Republic. Committed to democracy and to the Republic, Ebert struggled to represent all of the people of Germany.
Read biographical information and artistic background on Germain filmmaker Fritz Lang. Lang was a film director in the Weimar Republic.
George Grosz was a "German American expressionist painter and illustrator. Born in Berlin, he studied art at the Royal Academy, Dresden, the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, and the Academie Colarossi, Paris, and served in the army in World War I (1914-1918)."
During the Weimar years, Stresemann became the leader of the German People’s Party . Stresemann struggled to maintain party support for the Republic despite the anti-democratic forces within the German People's Party.
Introduce your students to the life and work of German satirist Kurt Tucholsky, which was active during the Weimar era.