How and why did the Nazis use the Berlin Olympic games as a propaganda tool? (C/B)

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How and why did the Nazis use the Berlin Olympic
games as a propaganda tool? (C/B)

• Did they succeed? (A/A)

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Starter

• Why do countries bid for the Olympic Games these
  days? How would Hitler want to use the Games for
  his own ends?

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Main 1

• Video clips of the Games to comment on how they
  were used to portray how Germany was modern,
  organised, civilised and superior. Rank success
  of each aim on scale. Check under visualiser or
  by movement in class.

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Main 2

• Do the same with the sources on p.1189. Fill in
  grid.
• Sources labelled A FFT C-
• Sources labelled B FFT A
• FFT B a mixture (you decide)
• To check learning one student sates what the
  source tells him/her about the Olympics. The rest
  write down which source the inference comes from.

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Plenary

• Put aims on a scale of success and justify.
  Overall success out of 10 and why? Stand in class
  to show view. Be prepared to justify.
• Discussion What image should GB be presenting at
  the 2012 Games?

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Homework

• Study the website on the Berlin Olympics
  including video footage and primary source
  material - available at http//www.ushmm.org/muse
  um/exhibit/online/olympics/?langen
• Does this change your mind about the relative
  success of each aim?
• REVISION for an assessment (Explain the
  importance of style question) on Nazi Control
  SS etc plus propaganda and censorship.