1. Nazi Social Policy and Practice

2. Good learning: Identify key terms from previous sessions
Great learning: Explain Nazi social policies on women and young people
Even better: Evaluate how much of an impact Nazi social policies had on different groups within society

3. Flip Learning
Complete exam question and bring in for next lesson (4 marks)
‘Describe 2 ways in which the Second World War had an impact on ordinary German citizens’
Revision grids on impact of WW2 on economy & German people

4. Look at the flip paper on your tables
Rationing
Total War
Labour shortages
Bombing and refugees
Details/impact
Fill in the paper as a group. After swap papers and see what you agree/disagree with and add any extra info
Good learning: Identify key terms from previous sessions
Great learning: Explain Nazi social policies on women and young people
Even better: Evaluate how much of an impact Nazi social policies had on different groups within society

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDFFis0j4JM (4 mins)
Hitler wanted all Germans to think of themselves as part of a national community
Their first loyalty would be to Germany and the Fuhrer
The benefits of Nazi rule made most Germans willing to accept some social control in the interests of making Germany great again

6. Women in Nazi Germany
A painting showing the Nazis’ view of an ideal German family
What does this painting suggest?
What are key elements of an ideal German family?

7. Nazis = male dominated organisation
Traditional view of the role of the German woman as a wife and a mother
Many women = agreed with him
Resentment towards working women taking men's jobs
Wanted the Aryan population to grow (a person of European descent. Not Jewish. Usually blonde/blue eyed. Superior race)
Women’s role in society summed up as 

8. Women in Weimar Germany
Read p How did women in Weimar Germany differ from women in Nazi Germany?
Many women attended university and
became lawyers and doctors
If women worked for the government
Their pay was equal to men
Birth rate fell as more women
worked. In 1900 there had been over
two million births per year. In 1933 there
were under one million – HALVED

9. Nazis policies towards women
Sterilisation
The Nazis thought that some women were unfit to be mothers. The ‘Law for the Prevention of Diseased Offspring’ allowed forcible sterilisation of women with a history of mental illness, hereditary diseases or antisocial behaviour (like alcoholism)
Work
Many female doctors, teachers, lawyers and judges were sacked. Working was discouraged, as it might hinder producing children
Nazis policies towards women
Behaviour
In many cities, women were banned from smoking because it was ‘unladylike’. Wearing trousers or high heels was also frowned upon. Slimming was discouraged because it might make it harder to get pregnant
Family
Contraception and abortion were banned. Generous loans were given to newly married couples to encourage them to have children. The Motherhood Medal was awarded to women with the most children. Mothers with eight children received the ‘Gold Cross’
Organisations
The German Maidens’ League gave advice on cooking, childcare and diet. It focused on good physical health and housekeeping skills (was reinforced at school)

10. Impact of the policies
Thousands of women were prevented from following their chosen career path
The birth rate increased – around 970,000 babies were born in 1933, rising to 1413,000 by 1939
When ww2 started in 1939, there was a labour shortage as men were joining the army. Thousands of women were needed to work in factories for the war effort, taking on the joint role of main wage earner and mother

11. Write a brief definition on …
The three K’s
Motherhood Medals
German Maiden’s League
Sterilisation Policy

12. Nazi Policies towards young people
Nazis wanted to control every aspect of life in Germany
Nazi’s reorganised every aspect of the school curriculum to make children loyal to them – believed if they were brought up to believe in Nazi ideas, they would become good Nazi’s and not go against the regime
Fill in worksheet with missing words

13. Source 13 p. 88 – A question from a Nazi maths textbook 1933
‘The Jews are aliens in Germany. In 1933 there were 66,060,000 inhabitants of the German Reich of whom 499,862 were Jews. What is the percentage of aliens in Germany’ Do you think the real aim of the question in source 13 is to improve mathematical skills?

14. Universities
Universities had to change their courses to reflect what Nazi’s believed
Many lecturers were sacked, either for racial or political reasons
By 1939, over 3000 lecturers had been dismissed
All students had to train as soldiers for a month each year
Nazis did not regard university education as
particularly important & fewer Germans attended
university during the Nazi era

15. Hitler Youth Organisations
Hitler Youth - In 1933, Hitler Youth took over all youth movements in Germany, except Catholic ones (which were eliminated in 1936).
Organisations aimed to:
- control the activities of young people outside the classroom;
make them loyal to Hitler;
train boys to be soldiers and prepare girls to be wives and mothers.
There were separate organisations for boys and girls, and for different age groups.

16. There were different activities for boys and girls
There were different activities for boys and girls. Boys fired guns and marched, while girls learnt how to look after a family, but all undertook fitness and indoctrination classes.
There were many reasons why young people joined the movements:
Initially membership was voluntary, but it was made compulsory in 1939.
Young people also joined because of peer pressure.
They were attracted by the novel activities, such as camping.
It was a chance to reject the authority and values of their parents.
Membership would help them get a better job in the future.
Many joined hoping that by showing loyalty to the Nazis, their families would be safe from the SS.

17. Flip Learning – Create a mind map that explores how and why the Nazi’s changed the lives of Germany’s women and young people
In for Monday!