Women in Nazi Germany | A Level

AQA GCE A Level Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-45

The aim of this lesson is to decide to what extent the Nazis achieved their aims towards women in Nazi Germany.

Students are forewarned about how views today cannot be applied back then and therefore Nazi policies towards women, as misogynistic as they were, would not necessarily have been rejected but welcomed by women.

Some source analysis using images and text begin the lesson, as students gauge what Nazi policies were towards women in 1930’s Germany.

They are questioned on policies to raise the birth rate as well as the organisational apparatus established to do this.

There is a case study of Gertrude Sholtz-Klink before students evaluate the successes or failing of these Nazi policies.

The plenary uses talking heads to decide who would have said what and why at the time.

There is some exam practice to finish focusing on the aims of the lesson, complete with a markscheme and help if needed.

An enquiry question posed at the beginning of the lesson will be revisited throughout to track the progress of learning during the lesson and the subsequent unit of work.

The lesson is available in PowerPoint format and can be customised to suit specific needs.

It is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.