GCSE Germany L25 & L26 - Nazi Policies Towards Women

Lesson 1:

• A starter to recap previous course knowledge.
• A background to the lives of women in Weimar Germany and the new views of women in Nazi Germany, including the principles of Kinder, Kirche, Kuche.
• Some slides which give an insight into the Nazi views of women, with quotes from key Nazis, discussion of motherhood, girls and toy dolls etc.
• An activity to use a series of sources, which can be used as a carousal or in groups, which students use to extract the key information and fill in their worksheets to show attitudes and laws about work, marriage and appearance.
• A tick table with lots of statements about the success of Nazi policies towards women. Students judge the effectiveness of each statement, and overall.
• A plenary to discuss the major changes since Weimar Germany.

Lesson 2:

• A starter with a source and a two inferences question.
• An opportunity to study a source from a woman at a Nazi rally, using the content, nature, origin, purpose method to analyse it.
• A video from YouTube to help recap the policies and lws towards women to allow the completion of stronger analysis. An exemplar is also provided for you to potentially work through with your students and critique.
• A final exam question asking ‘how far’ they agree with a given statement.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 5 x Publisher Files
• 2 x Word Files