How successful was Nazi propaganda?

1. How successful was Nazi propaganda?

2. Lesson objectives By the end of this lesson you should: • Have organised the evidence you have been collecting and planned an answer to a question on propaganda

3. Test your memory Using your play-doh: • Make a model to show the area in which you think Nazi propaganda was most effective and be ready to explain why

4. Living essay For homework you should have read: • Layton p. 123 – 129 • ‘How successful was Nazi propaganda?’ handout • ‘The effectiveness of propaganda and indoctrination’ handout What key evidence/facts/figures/views did you note down?

5. How successful was Nazi propaganda? • Why might this be a tricky question to answer? • Herzstein – important role in strengthening popular support for the regime. • Mason – more sceptical especially in relation to the working class. • Welch – argues that you need to separate different strands of propaganda – successful in overall support for Hitler – varied success in relation to other policies. Also adds that it was successful in reinforcing existing attitudes rather than countering views. • Geary – successful when it played on traditional prejudices and values.

6. Living essay In pairs, you are going to write out a rough plan to answer this question – what arguments/evidence could you use in each paragraph? ‘By 1939, the various forms of Nazi propaganda had made little impact on the German public.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view (24 marks)

7. paragraphs • Introduction – How important propaganda was to the Nazis e.g. MoP set up (Goebbels) and what they were trying to achieve, types of propaganda, different degrees of success, views of historians not always in agreement (Rory and Alex) • Paragraph 1 ‘for’ – some propaganda was ‘counter-productive’ – e.g. newspapers leads to 10% drop in circulation, where they tried to challenge established beliefs e.g. Church (Sam and Manan) • Paragraph 2 ‘for’ – arguably the apparatus of the police state is what ensures people adhere to Nazi views rather than effective propaganda/Nazi views not accepted by all – especially the working classes who don’t buy into idea of a Volksgemeinschaft (Kieran and Shreyas) • Paragraph 3 ‘against’ – Hitler Myth was effective, and support does increase/played on traditional German values (Patrick, Darius and Rob) • Paragraph 4 ‘against’ – particularly successful with the youth who did not have entrenched views – Hitler Youth (Ben and Ravi) • Conclusion – summarise key views of historians and decide who you agree more with (Elliot and Aaron) Make sure you answer the question – use examples from the presentations about the different forms of propaganda and the impact they did/didn’t have. Figures and facts

8. paragraphs • Introduction – How important propaganda was to the Nazis e.g. MoP set up (Goebbels) and what they were trying to achieve, types of propaganda, different degrees of success, views of historians not always in agreement • Paragraph 1 ‘for’ – failure to seduce the working classes away from their established identity through the ideal of Volksgemeinschaft • Paragraph 2 ‘for’ – failed to develop a distinctive Nazi culture • Paragraph 3 ‘against’ – cultivated the Hitler Myth of him as an all powerful leader who was making Germany economically and militarily strong again • Paragraph 4 ‘against’ – most successful when it played on traditional prejudices and values of German society • Conclusion – acknowledge the difficulty of measuring success, which argument is most important Make sure you answer the question – use examples from the presentations about the different forms of propaganda and the impact they did/didn’t have. Figures and facts

9. Your task • In groups of 2/3, you have 20mins to write your assigned paragraph • You will then email it to another group who will peer mark it against our success criteria and make suggestions to improve it – annotate the paragraph or list your suggestions underneath (10mins) • Email back to group who must improve it before the end of the lesson (10mins)

10. Success criteria • Introduction •  Does it set up the debate and demonstrate knowledge of what the question is asking? • Conclusion •  Does it lift the answer by summarising the arguments but then adding something more? Does it come to a judgement? • Does it incorporate understanding of historical interpretations and debate? • Paragraphs for and against • Does the paragraph use the PEE structure? • Does the paragraph answer the question clearly in its ‘explanation’? • Does it use solid evidence to support its point e.g. statistics and examples? The mark scheme says ‘a range of appropriately selected evidence’ (look at your presentation handouts and the textbook – give examples)

11. Email me your paragraph Each group must email me their final paragraph before they leave – I’ll collate them into an essay and upload it to moodle