1. Entry Task
Write down on a slip of paper
b) Your guess as to how tall Hitler
was.
You must be at
least this tall to
ride this ride.

2. Tie Breaker
► What year was Adolf Hitler born?
► How old was Adolf Hitler when his father
died?
► In which city was Adolf Hitler homeless?

3. Tie Breaker
► What year was Adolf Hitler born? 1889
► How old was Adolf Hitler when his father
died? 14
► In which city was Adolf Hitler homeless?
Vienna

4. Preferred Activity Time
► Red Card system (Three Strikes)
 Watch a video
 Listen to music
 Do 5 minutes of homework for another class
 Socialize

5. Rise to Power
Adolf Hitler

6. Learning Targets
► Compare Hitler and Mussolini with regards
to ideology, methods and rise to power.
► Analyze the rise of the Nazi party and its
effect on the world.
► Analyze documents for the main theme.

7. World War I

8. Military Record
► Was awarded the Iron
Cross twice. (5 medals
overall)
► Highest military honor
in German Army.
► Single handedly
captured 4 French
soldiers.
► Blinded by gas attack
towards end of war.

9. German Loss in WW I
► Hitler was devastated when he heard the news of
the German surrender.
► He was appalled at the anti-war sentiment among
the German civilians.
► Believed there was an anti-war conspiracy that
involved the Jews and Marxists.
► Also, felt that the German military did not lose the
war, but that the politicians (mostly Jews) at home
were responsible for the defeat.

10. NAZI Party is Formed
► Hitler was sent to
investigate the German
Workers Party in
Munich in 1919.
► Hitler began to think
big for the German
Worker’s Party
► Hitler changed the
name to National
Socialist German
Worker’s Party or the
NAZIS

11. Party Platform
► Hitler drafted a
platform of 25
points
► Revoke Versailles
Treaty
► Revoke civil rights
of Jews
► Confiscate
Besides changing the party name, the
any war red flag with the SWASTIKA was
profits adopted as the party symbol

12. Beer Hall Putsch
► October 30, 1923
► Hitler held a rally in
Munich beer hall
and declared
revolution
► Led 2000 men in
take over of
Bavarian
Government
► It failed and Hitler
was imprisoned

13. Trial and Jail
•At his trial (Hitler was charged
with treason), he used the
opportunity to speak about the
NAZI platform and spread his
popularity.
•The whole nation suddenly knew
who Adolf Hitler was and what he
stood for
•He was sentenced to five years,
but actually only served about 9
months
•When he left prison, he was ready
to go into action again.

14. Mein Kampf
► Hitler’s book “My
Struggle” - wrote while
in jail
► Sold 5 million copies,
made him rich
► Topics included: Jews
were evil, Germans
were superior race,
Fuhrer principal, dislike
of Communism and
Democracy and need to
conquer Russia

15. Appeal of Hitler
► Germany was in the midst of an economic
depression with hyper-inflation
► Hitler was a WW I hero who talked about
bringing glory back to the “Fatherland”
► He promised the rich industrialists that he
would end any communist threat in
Germany
► Constantly blamed Jews for Germany’s
problems, not the German people.
► Hitler was an excellent public speaker.

16. Dictator
► “Reichstag fire” gives
Hitler total power
► In 1933, all parties
were outlawed except
the Nazi party
► People’s civil rights
were suspended
► “Night of the Long
Knives”

17. Absolute Power
► German economy was
improving, people
were happy
► 1st concentration
camp opened in 1933
► Began rearming
German Army for
expansion of the Reich

18. Control of Nazi Germany
► Hitler Youth-
► “When an opponent declares ‘I will not come over
to your side’, I calmly say, “Your Children already
belong to us.”
► Adolf Hitler- 1937

19. We have a turtler!
► Someone in this class has been turtling
backpacks!
► This is against class rules
► In groups 4 of 5 , create an organization to
come up with a solution to this problem.

20. Things to consider
► What to call your organization
► Enforcement?
► Punishment?
► Who can join? Known Turtlers?

21. League of Nations
► Formed from Wilson’s 14th point.
 A general association of nations must be formed under
specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual
guarantees of political independence and territorial
integrity to great and small states alike.
► Formed in January, 1920
► Germany is barred entry
► The Russians refused
► America does not join

22. League of Nations
► Main goals of the League
► Stop Wars
► Improve people’s lives and jobs
► Disarmament
► Enforce the Treaty of Versailles

23. Successes in the 1920s
► Slaves
 The League attacked slave traders in Africa and Burma
and freed 200,000 slaves
► Disease
 The League worked to prevent malaria and leprosy.
► Prisoners of War
 The League took home half a million World War One
prisoners of war.
► Greece invasion of Bulgaria
 Greece obeyed

24. Failures in the 1930s
► Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
► Mussolini ignored the League, and invaded.
► The League banned weapons sales, and put
sanctions on rubber and metal
► It did nothing else
Italy conquered Abyssinia

25. Failures in the 1930s
► Manchuria (1931)
 Japan tried to overcome the depression by
building up an empire.
 In February 1933 the League ordered Japan to
leave Manchuria
 Japan left the League but not Manchuria
 The League did nothing

26. Political Cartoon
‘We don’t want you to fight,
but by jingo if you do,
We will probably issue a joint
memorandum
Suggesting a mild disapproval of you.’

27. The League, WAS DUMB
► Weak – the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going
‘tut-tut’. It had no army.
► America – the strongest nation in the world never joined.
► Structure –Members couldn’t agree – but decisions had to
be unanimous. This paralysed the League.
► Depression – the world-wide Depression made countries
try to get more land and power. They were worried about
themselves, not about world peace.
► Unsuccessful – the more the League failed, the less people
trusted it. In the end, everybody just ignored it.
► Members – the League’s main members let it down. Italy
and Japan betrayed the League. France and Britain did
nothing to help it.
► Big bullies – in the 1920s, the League had dealt with weak
countries. In the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany,
Italy and Japan attacked weaker countries.

28. Exit Task
► Journal Entry
► How did your league stack up against the
league of nations?
► Do you think you could have stopped future
turtling?
► After seeing the failures of the League of
Nations, would you change anything about
your group?