1. Mein Kampf
My Struggle

2. Journal/Warm up
If you were to write your own manifesto (published verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party or government) what would it be titled?
What type of propaganda do you think is the most effective in our society today?

3. How do ideology and propaganda work together to oppress people?
Purpose/Objective
Essential Question:
How do ideology and propaganda work together to oppress people?
Understand the connections between thesis, evidence and analysis
Be able to pick the best evidence to support thesis
Understand the connection between Mein Kampf and the rise of Hitler
Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions
Create and use research questions that are tied to an essential question to focus inquiry on an idea, issue, or event.
Analyze how an understanding of world history can help us prevent problems today
Analyze how individuals and movements have shaped world history 

4. Step #1
As a group create a discussion/research question based on the excerpts from Mein Kampf
This question should be open-ended that can be answered by using textual evidence from Mein Kampf
Use the ‘Blooms Taxonomy Question Stems’ Handouts
Challenge yourself to use the high-level thinking questions
Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation

5. Creating Discussion Questions
Avoid questions that only require a few words to answer.
EX: What three groups did Hitler categorize cultures into?
Aim for questions that require multiple sentences and evidence to answer.
EX: To what extent does Hitler justify the necessity of having a dominant culture in society?
EX: Assess the validity of Hitler’s assumption that inferior races would perish without the Aryan race.

6. Step #2
As a group, write a thesis statement that can answer the discussion question.
Remember to include the three parts to your thesis:
How
What
So what

7. Step #3
As a group find two pieces of textual evidence that would support the thesis statement
Remember, you want to find the most compelling and strongest evidence from the reading
Use the rubric to help guide you

8. Step #4
As a group write TWO pieces of analysis for each textual evidence
There should be 4 total
Use the rubric to help guide your analytical writing

9. Step #5 Make sure your paper is the discussion question you created.
As a group you will annotate the Mein Kampf outline
Does the thesis answer the discussion/research question?
Are there parts to the thesis statement you would change?
Does the evidence match AND support the thesis statement?
Would you have picked the same evidence?
Does the analysis include one sentence explaining the evidence and the second sentence connecting the evidence to the thesis?

10. Reflection/Exit Slip
On a separate piece of paper, individually, please answer the following questions
How do ideology and propaganda work together to oppress people?
What was challenging about this assignment? What went well?
How will this assignment help you with the Sophomore Project?
Two new things you learned today
What questions do you still have about outlines? Mein Kampf?