1. Lesson starter
"To keep a mentally ill person costs approximately 4 marks a day. There are 300,000 mentally ill people in care.
1.How much do these people cost to keep in total?
2. How many marriage loans of 1000 marks could be granted with this money?"

2. Nazis and Young People Lesson starter:
Why would the Nazis think that young people were key in running Germany successfully?

3. We are learning to…
Describe the changes in Education made by the Nazis
Describe the activities of the Hitler Youth

4. I can… Take detailed notes on Young People in Nazi Germany
Complete a N5 How Fully question on the Hitler Youth
Redesign the St Joseph’s curriculum to reflect Nazi priorities

5. Young people were very important to the Nazis
If they could get them on their side at a young age, they would hopefully support the Nazis as adults
Hitler wanted to indoctrinate young people
This meant the next generation of adults would be obedient Nazi followers

6. It doesn’t matter what you think, your children are mine already

7. Reorganising Schools

8. Education PE replaced RE – more useful for future war
School curriculum and textbooks rewritten by the Nazis
All schoolbooks had to be approved by the Nazi authorities
Biology taught the difference between races (eugenics)
Maths became questions about bombs and ammunition
History taught that WWI had been lost by the Jews, Socialists & Communists
Jews were humiliated by teachers until they were eventually put into Jewish schools
Teachers had to join the National Socialist League of Teachers – if they didn’t they were sacked
PE replaced RE – more useful for future war

9. "A bomber aircraft on take-off carries 12 dozen bombs, each weighing 10 kilos. The aircraft takes off for Warsaw the international centre for Jews. It bombs the town. On take-off with all bombs on board and a fuel tank containing 100 kilos of fuel, the aircraft weighed about 8 tons. When it returns from the crusade, there are still 230 kilos left. What is the weight of the aircraft when empty ?"
Maths problem in a textbook during the Nazi period.

10. "To keep a mentally ill person costs approximately 4 marks a day
"To keep a mentally ill person costs approximately 4 marks a day. There are 300,000 mentally ill people in care. How much do these people cost to keep in total? How many marriage loans of 1000 marks could be granted with this money?"
Maths problem in a textbook during the Nazi period.

11. The Youth Organisations

12. Hitler Youth (Boys) Hitler Jugend (HJ)
Age 14 – 18 (also organisations for younger boys – Little Fellows)
Boys wore uniform
harsh punishments for ‘weaklings’
They did lots of outdoor activities and sports
Some activities very army-like – using a bayonet, trench digging
Children taught anti-Jewish messages
Tests – reward a dagger marked ‘Blood and Honour’
Encouraged to inform on parents and friends

16. League of German Maidens (girls)
Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM)
Ages 14 – 21
Girls kept totally separate from boys
Did similar activities – sports, singing etc
Also trained to do first aid
Taught how to be a good wife – cook, clean, sew etc
Taught about the ‘Mother’s Cross’ for having up to 8 children (bronze, silver and gold)
Girls not allowed to cut hair or wear makeup – birth control forbidden and frowned upon

20. The Hitler Youth – Fun or forced?
The Hitler Youth was popular
(with young people and adults)
The Hitler Youth was not popular

21. How Fully Q s - Structure
Judgement x 1 Source A quite fully describes… Source X 3 Source A says that… Recall x 3 The source fails to mention that…

25. The Hitler Youth – Fun or forced?
The Hitler Youth was popular
(with young people and adults)
The Hitler Youth was not popular

26. Starter: Redesigning the school curriculum
Imagine you are the Minister for Education in Nazi Germany
Write a list of all the subjects you study at St Joseph’s
Explain how you would change the material taught in each to reflect Nazi ideology

27. Nazis & Young People: Opposition Groups
Lesson starter:
Q1 – Complete Comparison on your desk in jotter. 4 marks.
Q2 - Would you have joined the Hitler Youth? Give reasons for your answer.

28. We are learning to…
Identify some groups of Young people who opposed the Nazis
Describe their activities

29. I can… Summarise the three key groups and their activities
Research & Create a guide on one group

31. Overall, the sources disagree on …. The sources disagree about …
Overall, the sources disagree on …. The sources disagree about …. Source C says ‘…’ but Source D disagrees by saying ‘…’ Repeat two more times

32. Hitler Youth – Key Points
By early 1936, 6 million children had signed up voluntarily – why?
The Youth organisations became compulsory from late 1936
Other youth organisations were banned
Parents threatened with children being removed from them and sent to orphanages if they didn’t go
However – not every child joined!

33. Edelweiss Pirates Age 14-18
Formed gangs as they refused to join Hitler Youth
Attacked Hitler Youth camps
Sheltered army deserters and concentration camp prisoners
AKA Navajos

34. The White Rose Formed by Students at the University of Munich
Distributed leaflets speaking out against the Nazi regime
Anti-Nazi graffiti
They believed the young people could overthrow Hitler
Leaders: Hans and Sophie Scholl

35. The Swing Kids Mainly male teenagers
Listened to ‘un-German’ swing music, blues or jazz
They also wore the latest American or British fashions they accepted Jewish children into their groups
Also like Jazzers

36. Research Task Include; Pick either; How the group was formed/ founded
Their aims
Their activities
Any notable people/ activities
Pick either;
The Edelweiss Pirates/ Navajos
The White Rose
The Swing Kids/ Jazzers
And create a guide/ presentation on this group