1. Topic-
Education in Nazi Germany
 
2. Content-
Propaganda, brainwashing, Nazi Germany, Joseph Goebbels, Hitler Youth
 
3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
1. To educate students on the systematic takeover of the education system in Nazi Germany by the Nazi Party
2. Ensure that students use critical thinking skills to infer why the German citizens allowed the Nazis to get away with their treatment of "undesirable" people
 
4. Objectives-
1. Students will be able to explain how the Nazis used the education of the youth to indoctrinate them to believe Nazi ideology
2. Students will be able to understand how the Nazis were able to get away with the atrocities for such a long time
 
5. Materials and Aids-
PowerPoint
Youtube (requires Internet, speakers, and computer)
 
6. Procedures/Methods-

A. Introduction-

Students will have to theorize what a German propaganda image from a textbook means (there won't be any English text on it)
 

Practice-

1. The PowerPoint will be walked through with the students and they can copy down the slides but it isn't required
2. Afterward, one or both of the short videos will be played to demonstrate the visual aspect of the propaganda that occurred during the period
 

Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-

1. Students requiring extra help will be helped by the special educator in the room
2. During the PowerPoint, if a student needs a hard copy of the slides instead of taking notes than that will be provided
 

Checking for understanding-

After the reading of the male text versus the female text, students will be given time to ponder the provided question before a few are called upon to answer one thing (each) that they noticed different between the examples
 

Closure-

Students will be asked to think about what they would do if the same thing that happened in the 1930s in Nazi Germany happened in the modern US. They will also be told to write down a few thoughts about what they would do in that situation as it'll help them on the homework.
 
7. Evaluation-
The students will be given a written assignment for homework. It includes readings from the packet (11 pages) and utilizes critical thinking skills.
 

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