1. Knowledge Connections Definition Picture Term Vocabulary  CensorshipMedia

2. Essential Question What are the characteristics of a totalitarian government?

3. What was Europe like in the 1930s? By 1939, only two European countries were still a democracy Great BritainFrance Nation after nation had fallen to TOTALITARIANISM….

4. What was happening? Totalitarian governments were: Increasing the power of their governments Controlling the lives of their citizens Reshaping their society Conquering new lands Starting conflicts Their actions were setting the stage for another world war…

5. What makes a totalitarian government? #1 – Leadership by a single person or group Nazi Party in Germany Communist Party in the Soviet Union

6. What makes a totalitarian government? #2 – Rejection of personal rights and freedoms Opposing democratic forms of government Limiting the power of the people

7. What makes a totalitarian government? #3 – Relying on propaganda and censorship Influencing public opinion Banning anything critical of the government

8. What makes a totalitarian government? #4 – Using terror to enforce orders Having secret police groups Demanding complete obedience

9. What are some examples of totalitarian governments? Germany under Adolf Hitler (SS) – Secret police force Control of the media Death camps Italy under Benito Mussolini Secret police force Imprisonment Censorship of the Press Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin Prison Camps Government run newspapers Secret police force

10. Essential Question What are the characteristics of a totalitarian government?

11. Totalitarian Governments Leadership RightsPolicies Media