How successful were Hitler’s measures to reduce unemployment and increase production between 1933-1939? Some possible items to discuss Schacht’s New Plan features & successes/failures Goering’s Four Year Plan features & successes/failures The extent to which Germans benefitted from Nazi economic rule Discuss the link between Hitler’s economic policies and political stability (Work & Bread promises) A final judgement over the success of Hitler’s measures Note: From today’s lesson can add information on ‘The Car industry’ / ‘Autarky’ / reducing unemployment / economic production / source information on page 128-129

German Anthem

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Heil Hitler!

1.Physical Exercise

Exercise Link www.jillianhessel.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dr5Xq6E7Uk

2.Boys - Maths

Boys - Math When you are finished these questions stand up and shout SIEG HEIL! 1) If it takes 10 minutes to execute 2 Communist traitors how long would it take to execute 15? 2) A new Autobahn is built at a rate of 2km a day. How long would it take to build an Autobahn of 120km from Berlin to the Polish border? 3) It takes a Germany boy 5 minutes to complete an assault course and a Jewish boy 15 minutes. How many German boys will it take to complete an assault course in the time it takes 20 Jewish boys? 4) A hand grenade can kill 8 enemy soldiers. How many hand grenades would it take a German soldier to kill 36 enemy soldiers.

3. Girls – Homemaking: Write a 3 course menu using only German ingredients for your beautiful Aryan husband and children.

List 3 ways Germans are the superior race. 4. Race Studies List 3 ways Germans are the superior race. List 3 ways in which the German race can be kept pure

Highlight any changes made to education by schools. Read as a class 5. School Policy Highlight any changes made to education by schools. Read as a class

What can we learn from the start of the lesson about how the Nazis controlled young people?

Education in Nazi Germany ‘When an opponent declares “I will not come over to your side,” I calmly say, “Your child belongs to us already”. Adolf Hitler

To find out How the Nazis attempted to control young people and why How successful the Nazis were in controlling the youth of Germany Aims of the lessons Indoctrinate/indoctrination – A set of beliefs constantly repeated to implant ideas in the mind Ideology – A set of ideas

How did Nazi Ideas and Propaganda affect education within German Schools? ‘In my great educational work I am beginning with the young. My magnificent youngsters! With them I can make a new world!’ Adolf Hitler

How was the education of girls affected? What does this source tell us about the types of lessons taken by girls after the Nazis came to power? A visit to a Nazi girls’ school, recorded in ‘Education for Death ’ by Gregor Ziemer, 1942. ‘The school bell called the girls…before I visited the classes I spoke to the headteacher. She told me that every class in the school was built around a course called ‘Activities of Women’. This course was divided into handwork, domestic science, cooking, house and garden work – and the most section – breeding and hygiene. This section dealt with sex education, birth, childcare…’

How was the education of girls affected? Girls took part in sport most days and were encouraged to study German, History, Geography and Race Study. The boys studied more scientific subjects regularly, such as Maths and Chemistry. Taken from Germany 1918-1945 by Greg Lacey and Keith Shepherd. ‘Girls usually had a different curriculum from boys. They also studied domestic science and eugenics (how to produce perfect offspring by selecting ideal qualities in the parents). How does this source and the table on the next slide confirm what you have learnt about the education of girls?

4 Break - Sports with Special Announcements How was the education of girls affected? A typical timetable followed at a girls’ school. Periods Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1 German 2 Geog History Singing 3 Race Study Party Beliefs 4 Break - Sports with Special Announcements 5 Domestic Science with Mathematics 6 Eugenics, Health Biology and Sport

How was the education of boys affected? What does this source tell us about History lessons for boys after the Nazis came to power? Extracts from A Boy in Your Situation, 1988 In the History classes the French were the hereditary enemy and all the lessons were about the wars against the enemies of Germany. There were no History textbooks. They had all been withdrawn and until new National Socialist versions come out there was nothing but the teacher, who dictated notes and gave inspiring addresses. He was a reserve officer in the army. He told boys all about it. ‘We have got marvellous tanks now, fantastic; and good guns to use against French tanks.’

An official statement on the purpose of education for boys How was the education of boys affected? Why do you think that the Nazis wished to influence the boys curriculum in this way? An official statement on the purpose of education for boys ‘German Language, History, Geography, Chemistry and Mathematics must concentrate on military subjects – the glorification of military service and of German heroes.’

BOYS GIRLS Copy and complete this table in order to highlight the difference between the education of boys and girls.

Teachers in Nazi Germany Membership of the Nazi Teachers’ Association became compulsory after 1933. Mein Kampf This made the process of indoctrination much easier for the Nazi Party, with teacher’s being only too willing to pass on Nazi Ideas within the classroom. 32% of teachers by 1936 were also members of the Nazi Party itself. Those teacher’s who were thought to be lacking in loyalty and not willing to ‘defend without reservation the National-Socialist state’ were sacked.

Virtually all Jewish teachers were dismissed in 1933 as it was deemed ‘undesirable’ to allow Jewish teachers to teach ‘Aryan’ pupils. This was made possible by the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service. Some teachers remained as teachers in Jewish schools until these schools were banned altogether in 1942. Those teachers who taught in ‘Aryan’ schools however suffered increasing levels of harassment and by 1935 no Jewish teachers were left in these schools at all.

How did Nazi Ideas and Propaganda affect university and college education?

How would attitudes such as these affect standards within German Universities after 1933? Minister of Culture’s statement to German universities, 1933 ‘From now on, it will not be your job to determine whether something is true, but whether it is in the spirit of the National Socialist Revolution.’

The Nazis made it extremely difficult for young women to go on to further education. Michael Burleigh and Wolfgang Wippermann, ‘The Racial State’, 1991. ‘Female secondary school pupils had to choose between two alternative subjects on offer to them: domestic science and modern languages. The successful completion of a course in domestic science…did not count toward a place in university. School graduates with qualifications in modern languages also found it difficult to gain admission, because they lacked an education in Latin, which was a language requirement for many subjects at university.’ In 1932 about 20,000 women attended university. By the outbreak of World War Two that number had fallen to roughly 5,500.

How did the Nazis attempt to control Education and why?

How successful were the Nazis in controlling Education within Germany?

Start worksheet (will finish next lesson) How did the Nazis affect the lives of young people in Nazi Germany? Complete the first two questions on the worksheet. Resources: 1) Orange Nazi Germany book pages 10-11 2) WJEC page 153 3) White textbook pages 134-135

For further information and sources relating to Education within Nazi Germany you may like to visit: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazis_Education.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GEReducation.htm

http://www.learnhistory.org.uk/germany/index.htm Read the section ‘Education in Nazi Germany’ then click on ‘Revise this topic’ to test your knowledge.

Homework due for next lesson Complete your TIG Sheets up to this point! Themes in Germany (Political / Ordinary Lives / International): Impact of Treaty of Versailles Other problems Germany faced 1918-1922 3 Crises of 1923 Why was it a Golden Age of Weimar 1923-29 Impact of the Depression 1929-33 Why did more people start to vote for the Nazis after 1929? How did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? How had he become Fuhrer in 1934? Impact of Nazi rule up to 1939 (propaganda / terror / economics / education covered so far!)