Transcript Do Now - Tewksbury Township Schools

Homework
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Explain how the
Great Depression
and Weimar
Republic helped
Hitler gain power.
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What did he say he
was going to do in
Germany?
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Situation was difficult for
many Germans.
Value of money very low,
hard to buy food, other
necessities
Government is weak,
different groups fighting for
power
Nazis and Hitler said they
were going to fix these
things
Make new jobs, strengthen
economy, bring back pride
of Germany
Do Now
Take out the HW from last night.
 Copy the HW for tonight and
tomorrow:
 WHIL due Friday
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Examine the poster to the right.
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Respond in your DO NOW:
 What message do you get from
it?
Propaganda
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Hitler used what we call
propaganda in order to gain
power in Germany.
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Propaganda is a way of
communicating ideas that
influence the attitude of a
group of people, so that the
group of people follow a
certain cause- in this case,
Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Propaganda
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"Propaganda tries to
force a doctrine on
the whole people...
Propaganda works
on the general
public from the
standpoint of an
idea and makes
them ripe for the
victory of this idea."
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Adolf Hitler wrote
these words in his
book Mein Kampf
(1926), in which he
first advocated the
use of propaganda
to spread the ideals
of National
Socialism -- among
them anti-Semitism.
Propaganda
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Goebbels organized
thousands of meetings,
torchlight parades,
plastered posters
everywhere and printed
millions of special edition
Nazi newspapers.
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Hitler was also known as a
great speaker, and his
speeches were powerful
and convincing.
Following the Nazi
seizure of power in 1933,
Hitler established a Reich
Ministry of Public
Enlightenment and
Propaganda headed by
Joseph Goebbels.
The Ministry's aim was to
ensure that the Nazi
message was
successfully
communicated through
art, music, theater, films,
books, radio, educational
materials, and the press.
Propaganda
“Triumph of the Will”
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The film was made in
1934 at a rally to promote
the Nazi political party.
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As you watch the video
clip, write down how the
film makes Hitler
appears.
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Focus on: Hitler, the
crowd, music, camera,
clothing.
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https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=80lLU5yji8&bpctr=1431521036
RESPONSES
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How did the film
make Hitler seem
very important and
powerful?
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What did you
notice?
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Hitler was positioned at
the highest point.
He seemed to be “above”
everyone.
Music is dramatic.
Hitler’s tone is
enthusiastic.
The audience is very
attentive, focused,
serious, and they nod and
applaud often.
The camera zooms up
onto Hitler
Nazi flags are
everywhere.
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With your group, investigate
the propaganda posters.
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Respond to the first question
on the back of your
worksheet:
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Imagine you are a German
during the time of Hitler. How
do these posters make you
feel about Hitler and the Nazi
Party?
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I will call you up in groups to
the white board.
Propaganda
Imagine you are a German during the
time of Hitler. How do these posters
make you feel about Hitler and the
Nazi Party?
Propaganda
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How do you think
propaganda helped Hitler
gain power and popularity?
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Propaganda appealed to
those who were looking for a
savior.
Hitler used every way
possible to communicate to
the German people.
He promised solutions to all
of Germany’s problems.
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