Question | Answer |
How did the Nazi party control teachers? | They had to join Nazi Teachers League Forced non Nazi Teachers to resign 13% of head teachers were fired |
What percentage of teachers had joined the Nazi Teachers League by 1936? | 97% |
How did students help keep teachers in line? | Acted as spies - told on teachers who told anti Nazi jokes etc |
What two types of schools did the Nazis set up? | Napola or military cadet schools (train SS/SA officers) Adolf Hitler schools (run by leaders of Hitler Youth to create future leaders of the party) |
Which subject focused on the need for Lebensraum (living space) by conquering more land | Geography |
What happened to RE? | It became an optional subject |
Physics in the Nazi period focused on... | The science of weapons, aerodynamics and communications |
How did the Nazis even use Maths to indoctrinate students? | Gave them questions that focused on Nazi ideas e.g working out the cost of keeping mentally ill patients alive |
Which subject taught girls how to choose the 'right' kind of husband and focused on the study of race? | Biology |
History was changed to show... | How the Jews were to blame for the German defeat in WWI. It focused on the superiority of the German/Aryan race over of countries. |
What was the name of the Nazi group for young people? | Hitler Youth |
What kind of activities did boys do in Hitler Youth? | Mainly military training e.g. Morse code tests, map reading, firing rifles with live ammunition. |
What did girls spend their time doing? | Sang political songs, read Nazi books, |
What about the Hitler Youth was particularly appealing to poorer children? | Holiday camps - often the first time they had ever been on holidays. |
Why did the Hitler youth have a limited impact? | Children got bored in meetings Hated being forced to attend (compulsory to join 1936, forced to attend mtgs 1939) Religious children still saw God as more important than Hitler. |
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