PowerPoint (with 8 slides) and two Word Documents that examines the socio-economic and political causes of the 1848 Revolts with a particular focus on the experience of the German Confederation.

Activities include

• Comparative analysis of primary source to identify causes of the revolts.
• Sorting activity to match causes with the social group most effected; peasants, urban workers or the middle classes.
• Activity to link causes to show the relationships between them.
• Ranking activity to consider which causes (socio-economic, nationalist or liberal) were most important important to different social groups.
• Evidence sorting task to consider the credibility of the Marxist interpretation of the 1848 Revolts.
• Comprehension task to write a synopsis of a historian’s view of the causes of 1848.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y314 The Development of German Nationalism 1789-1919.
Lesson Length: two 1hr lessons depending on pace.