Transcript Did Nazis value women?

 starter activity
What do these images tell us about the role of
women under the Nazis?
 Key words: Volksgemeinschaft, Third Reich
 LOs
Did Nazis value
women?
TBAT to describe at least 3 key roles
for women during the Third Reich
To assess how Nazi attitudes to
women changed over time
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.”
 Your task
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Read p.64-5 and note
down the ways in which
women were encouraged
to help the regime. Include
the following: KKK;
professions & careers;
fashion; financial support;
Lebensborn
 Produce your own
advert for the ideal female  Produce a factoid on Gertrude ScholtzKlink, Head of Nazi Women’s Bureau
German partner
Role of women
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Didn’t work – women were encouraged or forced to
leave their jobs, e.g. all women doctors sacked
Good housewives – used leftovers, prepared ‘Eintopf’
meal
Good mothers – healthy, promoted traditional family
values, ‘Honour Cross of German Mothers’
Dressed in traditional German clothes
Brought up children to worship Führer & join Hitler
Youth
Kinder, Kirche, Kuche
What would children in Nazi schools have
been taught?
A Nazi propaganda poster
from 1937. IN what ways
does this poster support Nazi
attitudes towards women?
Annotate your copy of this
image.
How useful is this poster
in understanding Nazi
attitudes towards women
during the Third Reich?
 Your task
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Study the information from the SHP textbook.
Identify as many contradictions in Nazi policy
towards women as you can.
 Study the charts in Source 10. How
successful were Nazi policies towards women
between 1933 and 1939?
 Exam practice
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Your teacher will give you a copy of 4 sources.
Annotate the sources accordingly:
What do sources A & B suggest about Nazi
attitudes to women?
What different view is suggested by Sources
C&D
Why are Sources A& B different from Source
C&D?
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Simple
differences
based on
when the
sources were
produced and
or who
produced
them
Explains why the sources
are different using some
details from the sources
and own knowledge
Well structured answer, which
focuses on the issue of ‘why’
they are different
Discusses who produced
the sources, when they
were produced and why
Detailed examples (including
technical vocabulary) from
the sources and own
knowledge are used to
illustrate points
All sources are used and the
student fully explains who
produced them, when and
why
 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
 1943
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Why did they change?
Do you think attitudes towards young people
also changed?
 Homework
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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