There is no Modern Class on Wednesday!

About a third of the class is in Maths Extension 2 on Wednesday. So it is pointless getting the rest of you in for a class that I will just have to repeat later anyway.

So tell everyone else you know that the class is off. BUT make sure that you comment below when your read this post & also tell me who you are going to contact and pass the message on to. Please also pass the message on to those people doing Maths so that they know what to do during the holidays.

Step 1

Watch this video on youtube:

The Nazis: Helped Into Power 1 to 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQjhuGj-PuY

Step 2

Make a detailed set of notes on the video

Step 3

Part One: Things to have a big think about after watching the video.

The Weimar Republic: A Fragile Democracy

THE LEGACY OF WORLD WAR I

World War I, which was, to the generation of the 1920s and ‘30s, “the overwhelming catastrophe that dominated their epoch,” gave birth to the first German democracy, called the Weimar Republic. In the words of H. Stuart Hughes, this war “stacked the cards for the future.” Germans, who were suffering from the humiliation and loss of honor of unexpected defeat, cried out for vengeance. The Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, contributed to the humiliation Germans felt. All Germans, no matter their political beliefs, regarded the treaty as unjust. It would remain a festering sore on the body of the new Republic. Yet, the anger, passion, hatred, and violence of the Weimar years were mixed with tremendous creativity and cultural excitement. In that dynamic environment, the viability of democracy was tested and failed.

WHY STUDY THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC?

• The history of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) illuminates one of the most creative and crucial periods in the twentieth century and serves as a significant case study of the critical issues of our own time. Many of the questions asked about the Weimar Republic are relevant to problems that individuals and societies face in the twenty-first century.
• Citizens and leaders of the Weimar Republic had to wrestle with the problems of a newly developing democracy: the creation of a new constitution and political culture and the need for institutional reform particularly of the judiciary, the police, and the educational system.
• The Weimar Republic experienced hyper-inflation and depression, gender and generational conflict, political violence and terrorism, conflicts dealing with the relationship between church and state, and racist antisemitism.
• The fourteen years of the Weimar Republic were a way station on the road to genocide, and yet they also witnessed the struggle of many decent, sincere people to create a just and humane society in a time of great artistic creativity.