Cambridge IGCSE History (0470) – Depth Study B: Germany, 1918–45
Enquiry Question: Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?

This resource pack contains a complete scheme of learning for the first enquiry in Cambridge IGCSE History Depth Study B: Germany, 1918–45. Designed for Years 10–11, the unit encourages students to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Republic and evaluate whether its collapse was inevitable.

The enquiry covers:

Germany in crisis, 1918–19
The Weimar Constitution
Friedrich Ebert and the challenges facing the new republic
The Ebert–Groener Pact
The Spartacist Uprising
The Kapp Putsch
Reparations, the Ruhr occupation and hyperinflation
Gustav Stresemann and economic recovery
The Dawes Plan and Germany’s international relations
The “Golden Years”, 1924–29
Weimar culture and society
The death of Stresemann and the Wall Street Crash
Final judgement activities and enquiry tasks