Transcript Life in Nazi Germany

Life in Nazi
Germany
Lesson starter:
Write down three things you know about
living in Nazi Germany.
• Do you think life for a normal person in
Nazi Germany would have been much
different from life for a normal person
on the Home Front?
• Justify your answer…
Learning Intention
• Understand how the Nazis controlled
people’s everyday lives in Germany
• Analyse how the Nazis maintained
control
• Evaluate the effectiveness of rebellion
against the Nazis.
Success Criteria…
• I can work as part of a group to
remember how the Nazis affected the
lives of 4 particular groups using a
‘Stand and Deliver’.
• I can explain to my group how the Nazis
affected one particular group in Nazi
Germany.
• I can create a diary entry using my
knowledge about life in Nazi Germany
Video Task 1
• Watch the following video clip and note
down any good things about life in Nazi
Germany.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00
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• Why did people like living in Nazi
Germany?
‘Stand and Deliver’
• To learn the information on how the Nazis
affected people’s lives, we are going to do a
‘Stand and Deliver’.
• Workers – Number 1
• Social Life – Number 2
• Young People – Number 3
• Jews – Number 4
• You have got 4 minutes to learn the
information on your sheet – you can only sit
down when everyone has learnt the information
– REMEMBER you need to teach the rest of
your group what you have learnt!
‘Stand and Deliver’
• Now return to your group.
• Write the heading ‘Nazi Germany’ in the
middle of your mind map.
• All four members of the group are going to
teach everyone else their information – fill
in your mind map with the information you
are given.
• There will be 6 headings in total, make sure
you have enough room! The other 2 (Nazi
Control and Rebellion) will be added at the
end.
For Workers…
• The Nazi party achieved full
employment.
• This meant nobody in Germany was
unemployed.
• Jobs were created in public works,
the military and factories.
• The ‘Strength Through Joy’ (KDF)
movement entitled workers to
special discounts and treats.
• These included discounts on
theatre tickets, sports facilities
and even cheap holidays.
Strength Through Joy Propaganda
Poster
Strength Through Joy Logo
Social Life…
• Public transport was vastly
improved with new efficient
rail systems and autobahn.
• Crime rates dropped
enormously.
• American jazz and blues
music was banned as Hitler
thought it was ‘un-German’.
• People had access to a wider
range of public facilities e.g.
for sport.
For Young People…
• Schools were ‘Nazified’, meaning
young people could only learn
Nazi approved content.
• The Hitler Youth and League of
German Maidens were set up
which were made compulsory in
1939.
• Both education and youth groups
focused on discipline, sport and
promoting Nazi ideas e.g. Aryan
supremacy, hatred of Jews…
For Jews…
• Jews were segregated in schools, public
facilities and had to wear a Star of
David.
• Kristalnacht: Jewish shops and people
attacked by Hitler’s SA.
• Anti-Jewish propaganda in posters and
schools.
• Jews sent to concentration camps and
made to work before eventually being
killed in gas chambers.
• Auschwitz: Estimated 1.5 million Jews
killed.
Life in Nazi
Germany
Lesson starter:
Without looking at your mind map, write 1
point that you learnt for each of the 4
groups.
Auschwitz Entrance
Hats and shoes taken from
prisoners of the camp.
Video Task 2
• 1. Why did the boy enjoy being part of
the Hitler Youth?
• 2. What were some of the main things
he learnt?
• 3. What is his father’s opinion on it and
why?
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00
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Nazi Control…
• Gestapo (secret police) spied on
normal people.
• No freedom of speech, arrested
for speaking against Nazis.
• Censorship in newspapers and
education.
• All political opponents arrested
and sent to concentration camps.
• Friends and neighbours would
report each other through fear.
Video Task 3
• 1. Why do you think the Professor is so
paranoid?
• 2. Why was it important for people to act
like they were happy with the Nazi regime?
• 3. Why do you think the Professor’s news
shocked the American lady?
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00x5h
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Rebellion…
• Edelweiss Pirates: Group of youths
who would gather, play jazz, dress
informally and opposed members of
Hitler Youth.
• If caught they were sent to
concentration camps and heavily
punished.
• There were a number of
assassination attempts made on
Hitler.
• 20th of July Plot: Hitler injured by
bomb in Wolf’s Lair.
Edelweiss Pirates with instruments to play blues and jazz.
True or False…
Write out the following statements and decide
whether you think they are true or false?
• Employment rose under the Nazis.
• The young people who opposed the Nazis
were called the Edelweiss Raiders.
• Hitler thought people should listen only
to classical music.
• Jews were forced to wear the Star of
Joshua.
• The Nazis faced big opposition from
Anti Nazi newspapers.
• Employment rose under the Nazis. TRUE
• The young people who opposed the Nazis
were called the Edelweiss Raiders. FALSE
• Hitler thought people should listen only to
classical music. TRUE
• Jews were forced to wear the Star of
Joshua. FALSE
• The Nazis faced big opposition from Anti
Nazi newspapers. FALSE
Opinion Corners
For each of the statements, decide whether you
agree or disagree with the statement.
Move to the corner of the room that corresponds
to whether you agree or disagree.
Make sure you have reasons to support your
decision.
•Life was good for
people in Nazi
Germany if they
were not targeted
by the Nazis.
•I would turn people
over to the gestapo
to protect my
family.
•I would join the
Edelweiss
Pirates.
•I would join the
Hitler Youth.
Homework
• Imagine you are a young person living in Nazi
Germany.
• Write a diary entry about a day in your life.
• You can either be in the Hitler Youth or the
Edelweiss Pirates.
• You can write about:
• What your parents do.
• What school is like.
• Nazi propaganda and control.
• How you see Jews being treated.
• Rebellion you see.
• What you do in your spare time.
Learning Intention
• Understand how the Nazis controlled
people’s everyday lives in Germany
• Analyse how the Nazis maintained
control
• Evaluate the effectiveness of rebellion
against the Nazis.
Success Criteria…
• I can work as part of a group to
research how different groups were
affected by Nazi rule
• I can create a diary entry using my
knowledge about life in Nazi Germany