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Global History – Nazi Source Packet

Mr. Rawls

Directions: With your groups discuss the accompanying questions regarding the six different sources you will examine today. Answer the corresponding questions.

Source 1 – The Hitler Youth

(1) What type of youth did Hitler want to create?

(2) Predict why Hitler would want to create a youth education program.

Source 2 – Nazi Propaganda

Image A

(1) Describe the picture.

(2) Pretend you were the artist, why did you paint this image? What type of message did you want it to convey?

Image B

(3) What is Adolf Hitler wearing in the picture?

(4) What is the artist attempting to say about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis?

(5) Why do you think images like this were successful?

Source 3 – Hitler’s Economic Policies

(1) Describe how Adolf Hitler planned on fixing Germany’s economy.

(2) How does this policy violate the Treaty of Versailles?

(3) According to the bar graph, was Hitler’s economic policy successful? How can you tell?

(4) Was Hitler right in rearming Germany in order to make new jobs, even if it violated the Treaty? Explain and justify your answer.

Source 4 – Hitler Creating Scapegoats

(1) Define the word scapegoat.

(2) Identify any symbols you see that are in the microscope slide. Explain what these symbols may stand for.

(3) What is the meaning of the cartoon?

(4) Why do people create scapegoats?

Source 5 – First They Came…

(1) Which groups were targeted by the Nazi’s according to the poem?

(2) Why do you think that Hitler and the Nazi’s took these people?

(3) Albert Einstein once said, “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” Do you agree or disagree? Explain and justify your answer.

Source 6 – Nazi Anti-Semitism

(1) Describe the meaning of the quote.

(2) Describe Image A.

(3) Describe Image B.

(4) Hypothesize why anti-Semitism was so easily spread in Germany following WWI.

In the space provided below, create a thesis statement regarding the rule of Adolf Hitler.

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