The Third Reich 1

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• gather information and synthesise it
• co-operate with others in identifying and solving problems
• display effective time management in planning and completing tasks set.
• communicate effectively in group discussions, both as a leader of those discussions and a respondent

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• why German society produced the National Socialist movement
• the impact the Nazi regime had on the main groups in German society after 1933.
• how the Nazi regime came to power
• the ways in which the Nazi regime maintained its hold over German society
• the links between the development of the Nazi polity and its pursuit of radical policies

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• collate and analyse primary and secondary information to produce coherent and relevant essay work
• identify extracts from primary sources and draw out the methodological problems in their use as well as their significance to the module
• perform electronic bibliographical searches to support your essay work in relevant historical databases
• argue persuasively in informal oral and written exercises and engage with the opinions of others

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• analyse the relevance of a range of primary sources, with regard to the conditions in which they were produced
• identify and engage critically with the major historiographical texts on the subject
• reflect on contentious issues in modern German history

Following a brief examination of the emergence of the populist radical Right and the rise to power of the

National Socialist movement, this module uses a variety of published and unpublished documentary sources

(including written texts, film, and visual imagery) to consider the nature of the Nazi regime; it then considers

the relationship between the regime and German society, exploring all aspects of Nazi social and economic

policy.

Teaching methods include

primarily, two double sessions per week in seminar format with a variety of tutorial input

close analysis of a variety of primary sources and scholarly literature

Learning activities include

preparation of key readings by module members and their discussion by the group

plenary discussions chaired either by the tutor

individual essay consultations

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.