Life in Nazi Germany Through Educational Activities
Explore the daily life in Nazi Germany through interactive lessons and discussions. Learn about Nazi control, impact on different groups, and evaluate resistance. Engage in group activities like Stand and Deliver to deepen understanding.
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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 x6rwq 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.
Lifein Nazi Germany Lesson starter: Without looking at your mind map, write 1 point that you learnt for each of the 4 groups.
Hats and shoes taken from prisoners of the camp. Auschwitz Entrance
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 xgsfy
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 qt
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.
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
