Transcript Role of women - presentation

 starter activity
What do these images tell us about the role of
women under the Nazis?
 Key words: Volksgemeinschaft, rearmament
 LOs
Did Nazis value
women?
TBAT to Nazi attitudes towards
women
To assess how changed over time
 Your task
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Read p.64-5 (Wilkes) or p.
136-7 (SHP) and around
the picture note down the
ways in which women
were encouraged to help
the regime. Include the
following: KKK;
professions & careers;
fashion; financial support;
Lebensborn
 Produce a factoid on Gertrude ScholtzKlink, Head of Nazi Women’s Bureau
Nazi policy to women
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Woman’s place in the home – have children,
care for family
KKK – Kinder, Kirche, Küche
Resign work in favour of men – female doctors,
judges, teachers etc sacked
Dress modestly – flat heels, long skirts etc.
Have large families – Honour Cross
Financial incentives – loans for newly-weds
What do you think is the
message of this Nazi
propaganda poster from the
early 1930s?
Spot any words in German
you have studied today?
 Your task
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Read p.138 in SHP and note down ways in
which attitudes to women changed during the
late 1930s.
Read p.139 and note down why women
continued to support the Nazis
Changing policy
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Rearmament – women needed to help in
factories
Compulsory service – ‘duty year’ for all women
& marriage loans abandoned
Restrictions on divorce lifted
Lebensborn programme
What’s so shocking about this planned Nazi policy from
1943?  How different are these attitudes from before the
party came to power?
“All single and married women up to the age of
35, who do not already have four children,
must have four children. The fathers should
be racially pure German men. It does not
matter if these men are married or not. Any
family that already has children must set the
husband free for this action.”
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Read the example of a Nazi lonely hearts advert
on p.137.
In small groups have a go at writing your own
lonely hearts advert for an Aryan Nazi woman.
Read the adverts around the room. Imagine you
are a loyal member of the Nazi Party. Place a
tick in the bottom left-hand corner to indicate
which lady you are most interested in!
A Nazi propaganda poster
from 1937. In what ways
does this poster support Nazi
attitudes towards women?
How useful is this poster
in understanding Nazi
attitudes towards women
during the Third Reich?
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Picks out
details from
the picture
Uses details from the
picture to explain, using
own knowledge, Nazi
policy towards women
Uses detailed examples from
the source and own
knowledge to explain Nazi
policy towards women
Discusses who produced
the sources, when it was
produced and why
Explains what are its
limitations using the NOP of
the source and own
knowledge about changing
policy towards women
 Plenary
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Explain the following: KKK; professions &
careers; fashion; financial support; Lebensborn
What were Nazi attitudes to women like at these
times:
1932
 1937
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Why did they change?
Do you think attitudes towards young people
also changed?
 Homework
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Use plenty of
PEE!
How did the Nazis try to control the lives of
women and children. It should be at least 1 side
of A4 in total. Include references to the
following:
Policies
Propaganda
Organisations like the German Maidens League
Laws directed at women and families