World History
Unit 3: Power & Control
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Young People in Nazi Germany
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Hitler took great trouble to make sure that _________________________________________________
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Hitler placed such importance on the young people because ___________________________________
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He wanted to make children believe in the superiority of the Aryan, the ‘_________________________’.
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He wanted young men to value the ideas of _______________, ______________ and ______________.
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The most important was Hitler himself-the Fuhrer.
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All young Germans were taught to see him as a __________________________________________from
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Young Life in Nazi Germany
Document A: Education
1. How did the education system help to indoctrinate German students?
2. In order to train teachers, what were they required to do?
Document B: The Hitler Youth
3. By 1938, how many German children belonged to the Hitler youth?
Document C: Hitler’s goals for the Hitler Youth
4. What three things did Hitler claim German children should be like?
5. Describe the physical demands a German boy was expected to complete.
Document D: A German Girl’s View
6. What was a performance book?
7. What were most young Germans thinking of when involved in the Hitler Youth?
8. Where did the very best students go on to school?
Education for Death Video
1. Imagine that you are a child watching this video:
a. What is the purpose of the video?
b. Is the film anti-Nazi or pro-Nazi? Why?
2. In a well-written paragraph, name and describe examples of indoctrination that you see in the film.
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