Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Nazi Germany - Social and Economic Life under the Nazis


Instructions for this lesson:

Read page 44-55 of the reader.

What does the term ‘Gleichschaltung’ mean?
How did Propaganda, education and Gleichschaltung transform social and economic life in Germany? Think about how the following aspects of life were transformed;

  • Work
  • Leisure and Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Family and home life
  • Schools and Universities


Note that in this unit I will be assessing criterion 5, which is ‘assess drivers of social, economic and political change and nature and impact of changes in modern history.’ We have already looked at the political transformation that Germany underwent, from a democracy to a dictatorship. But you will also need to be able to discuss the economic and social life of Germans, and how their lives were changed so dramatically under the Nazi regime.

A video to help you along;






Next lesson – the causes and course of WW2.

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