Y9: 3-4. Nazi Party – continued

Year 9A & Year 9B

Today you are going to continue looking at the Nazi Party, how they campaigned to increase their numbers and how they made use of propaganda…

Follow the instructions step by step:

First revise the information about the Nazi Party from the previous lesson…

p.6-9

The Nazis used various methods to increase support for their party. Look again at pages 6-9 and identify ways in which the Nazis campaigned and increased their support. Use the table on page 10 to complete this task.

SOLUTION:

Here is an important reminder about how to deal with sources…

(p.11 of Workbook 2)

Let’s examine the following speech of Hitler to see how Hitler incited the crowds in his speeches.

Page 12

Now match the answers (below) to the questions asked in the boxes to the right of the speech.

SOLUTION:

Carefully look at the Nazi propaganda cartoon on p.13 and complete the table on p.14, to consider what the meaning of the cartoon may be.

Here is a little bit of help with the interpretation:

“A tied-up Nazi watches while a Jew holding the Berliner Tageblatt, which the Nazis accused of being a Jewish paper, mistreats a Germany chained to the Treaty of Versailles. The Jew is probably supposed to be a journalist, since he is smearing Gemany with his pen. A Black French colonial soldier and a policeman assist. The policeman is likely Polish” or French (“since Germany lost territory to Poland” and France “as a result of the Treaty of Versailles)”. Those Damned Nazis (1932) (calvin.edu)

Now, complete the table on Page 14:

SOLUTION:

Now, complete the box on p.13 to summarize what the overall message of the cartoon is.

Assignment:

You may be asked to look in the Schoology Assignment Folder and do the following: You have to complete this box (p13.) and submit it as an assignment for grading, in Schoology…

10.

Finally, make a title page for our topic on Nazi Germany. Use an A4 paper for this task. (Hand in your title page for marking. Only after it has been returned to you may you stick the title page into your purple book.)