Students examine the Nazi policies and treatment of minority groups such as homosexuals, the disabled, Slavs, Poles and Roma & Sinti communities between 1933-39.
UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC
The 24 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: Lesson key questions
- Slide 3: Recap discussion activity
- Slide 4: What do we mean by a ‘minority group’ - definition included.
- Slide 5: An outline of who the minority groups were in Nazi Germany with a discussion about why the Nazis targetted each group.
- Slide 6: Source Inference Starter - Students analyse a speech given by Heinrich Himmler about homosexual men.
- Slide 7: An overview of the main racial beliefs of the Nazi Party including Eugenics and Racial Hygiene.
- Slide 8-11: Further background information about Nazi racial beliefs and policies.
- Slide 12-13: Task 1 - A printable worksheet including three main tasks - these are outlines on an instruction page.
- Slide 14: Task 2: A table activity to explain why the Nazis discriminated against each minority group.
- Slide 15-16: Learning Review Quiz with answers.
- Slide 17: A bonus source inference question covering attitudes towards Jewish people and homosexual men.
- Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘source inference’ question on a question sheet.
- Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of an ‘Explain why’ question with structured advice.
- Slide 20-22: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source usefulness’ question with additional printable help sheets.
- Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
- Slide 24: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
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