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The Nazi Party Platform Lesson PlanThe Nazi Party Platform Lesson Plan
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Facing History and Ourselves
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7th - 11th
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Social Studies & History
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The Nazi Party Platform

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Not all party platforms stay democratic. A resource covers many political issues in Germany during the time of World War II, and teaches pupils about the Nazi party platform and what went wrong. Individuals participate in a warm-up exercise that connects the past lesson in the series with the upcoming one, collaborative discussions, a mock press conference, as well as strategic literacy activities as assignments for homework.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

nazism, adolf hitler, world war ii, german history, germany, primary sources, primary source analysis, text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections, political parties, politics, the axis powers, the treaty of versailles, democracy, dictatorships, dictators

Additional Tags

nazi germany, nazi party, weimar republic, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Show scholars the patterns that occur when many different democracies turn into dictatorships and how that mirrors events during the Nazi regime
  • Differentiate for English learners by providing pictures to help describe what the term party platform means

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires learners to read two chapters of another resource before beginning
  • Remember the sensitivity of the topic for some class members

Pros

  • Contains a list of related reads 
  • Scaffolds learning
  • Interests learners through a role-playing activity where they use investigative journalism to participate in a press conference

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.5 RH.6-8.9 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.5 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.5 RH.11-12.9

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