The Nazi State

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World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.

Interactive exercises

1.	Star Activity Head2Head: Interview Adolf Hitler! Interview the German dictator face to face!
3.	Decision Making Game James Spod, Secret Agent! Learn about Nazi Germany whilst on a mission to eliminate the evil dictator Adolf Hitler!
1.	Fling the Teacher Quiz a. The Nazi Volksgemeinschaft b. Hitler and the Nazis
2.	Word documents designed to be completed as online worksheets a. The Nazi Consolidation of Power, 1933-4 b. In-depth assessment of women's policies c. The Nazis and religion d. Conclusions on Nazi Economic Policies
3.	"Wordshoot!" Games Nazi Germany
4.	Play Your Dates Right Games Hitler and the Nazis, 1889-1945
5.	"Hot Potatoes" Self-Marking Quizzes Nazi Germany Multiple Choice Quiz

PowerPoint Presentations

1.	Hitler's Rise to Power (Celine Koh)
2.	The Night of the Long Knives a, The Case for the Army b. The Case for the SA c. What happened? d. Was there really a plot to overthrow Hitler?

Worksheets

1.	The Nazi State
2.	The Nazi Party after 1933
3.	The Army in Nazi Germany after 1933
4.	Himmler's SS Empire
5.	How powerful was the SS?
6.	The Nazi Propaganda Machine
7.	Propaganda in Nazi Germany
8.	The Nazi view of society: "Volksgemeinschaft"
9.	Nazi policies towards women
10.	Nazis and Youth There is a worksheet to go with the information pack which should also be printed off.
11.	Nazi Economic Policies
12.	Nazi Treatment of minorities
13.	Opposition to the Nazi regime
14.	Historiography of World War Two: Hitler's Role in causing WW2

External Links

1.	Life in Hitler's Germany 1933-39
2.	The Nazi State

Audio-Visual resources

1.	Reni Liefenstahl: Triumph of the Will [1935] Hitler's Olympia - The Nazi Olympics 1936	VHS / DVD
2.	Feature Films: Adolf Hitler - The Story Of A Dictator [1948] Schindler's List Europa Europa Cabaret Hiroshima Mon Amour [1959]	VHS / DVD
3.	Documentaries: The Nazis - A Warning From History - Box Set War of the Century The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich Daily Life In The Warsaw Ghetto The SS - Blood And Soil Hitler's Henchmen Propaganda - War Of The Mind The Hitler Youth The Third Reich In Colour Hitler's Birthdays 1933 - 1945 Buchenwald - The Lucky Ones The Persecution Of The Jews In Europe Oskar Schindler And The Holocaust Anne Frank Remembered Inside The Third Reich The Enigma Of The Swastika Fire Storm Over Dresden Germany Calling - 1939-1945 Germany At War: 1. 1918 - 1941 2. 1941 - 1943 3. 1943 - 1945	VHS / DVD