1.  starter activity
Above are some of the methods the Nazis used to create a police state in Germany. Can you identify them?

2. How did the Nazis control Germany?
 Key words: denounce Gestapo SS concentration camp
How did the Nazis control Germany?
 LOs
To study different Nazi terror methods and decide which was the most effective

3. Put yourself into the mind of a dictator
Put yourself into the mind of a dictator. What is the best way to control people in your country. Conduct a ‘networking’ task to decide on the most powerful ways to control people. What other methods not on the cards would you include?

4.  Your task
Read p (Wilkes) or p (SHP) and take notes on the different methods used by the Nazis to control people:
Gestapo
Police & law courts SS
Concentration camps
Henchmen like Himmler
Informers
 Do modern governments use any of these techniques? What stops them from doing so?

5. Gestapo Secret police Tapped phones, opened mail
Imprisoned without trial
Torture
Informers – esp. children
Gestapo headquarters in Berlin – what do you notice is odd about this building?

6. Police & law courts Under Nazi control
New laws, e.g. banning marriage with Jews
Severe penalties – death penalty more common
A Nazi ‘People’s Court’ – what was odd about this court room?

7. SS Himmler in charge Bodyguards Physically ‘perfect’ – Aryan
Waffen SS – army
Death Head Units
What strange symbol betrays the true nature of the SS in this photograph of Himmler?

8. Concentration camps Political prisons Not ‘death camps’ until 1942
Range of prisoners – Jews, homosexuals, Communists, gypsies
Sachsenhausen concentration camp on outskirts of Berlin – what do you know about the treatment of prisoners there?

9. Watch this clip from ‘The Nazis a Warning from History’
Watch this clip from ‘The Nazis a Warning from History’. What does it tell us about the strength of the police state?

10.  Your task
What was the most effective method of controlling German people? Write an essay-style conclusion (100 words) explaining your views and supporting them with evidence from today’s lesson.
Gestapo collaborators arrested after WWII

11. Success criteria Room for improvement Getting better Excellent
Significantly less than the word quota
Reaches a judgement with little evidence
More or less the word quota
Reaches a clear judgement
Uses some evidence but could support ideas with a little more
Hits or exceeds word quota
Clear and decisive judgement, which summarises key factors and says which was the most important
Uses detailed and well-chosen evidence

12. How did the Nazis control Germany?
 Key words: denounce Gestapo SS concentration camp
How did the Nazis control Germany?
 LOs
To study different Nazi terror methods and decide which was the most effective
 Plenary