Teachers+Guide

Teacher's Guide

**Principal focus: through the study of a modern personality, students gain an understanding of the role of the individual in a period of national or international history.**

This Wiki has been designed for students of the Stage 6 Modern History course.
 * Part III:** Personalities in the Twentieth Century
 * Option 21:** Albert Speer 1905-1981

**Intended Outcomes** **Students:** >> H1.1 describe the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups and events of selected twentieth-century studies >> H1.2 analyse and evaluate the role of key features, issues, individuals, groups andevents of selected twentieth-century studies >> H2.1 explain forces and ideas and assess their significance in contributing to change and continuity during the twentieth century >> H3.2 locate, select and organise relevant information from different types of sources >> H3.3 analyse and evaluate sources for their usefulness and reliability >> H3.4 explain and evaluate differing perspectives and interpretations of the past >> H3.5 plan and present the findings of historical investigations, analysing and synthesising information from different types of sources >> H4.1 use historical terms and concepts appropriately >> ** Through this personality study of Albert Speer, students gain an understanding of the role he played in the history of Germany. Students have studied Speer's rise to prominience and will now evaluate his role and significance in the period 1918-1945. Particularly, students will evaluate whether or not Speer was the 'Good Nazi'? ** Sample Lesson Plan