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Students examine the features and purpose of the Hitler Youth groups including the League of German Maidens in Nazi Germany between 1933-39.

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2025/6 SPEC

The 33 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Key Questions
• Slide 3: ‘As You Enter’ - Students asked to think about what would attract them to join a youth group today.
• Slide 4-5: Starter - Students think of the reasons why the Nazi Party wanted to target the youth of Germany in particular. Suggested answers provided.
• Slide 6-7: Starter 2 - Analysis of 2 propaganda posters for the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens.
• Slide 8-14: Background information and discussion tasks covering the features and purpose of the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens.
• Slide 15: Task 1 - A link to a documentary about the Hitler Youth with suggested table fill activity.
• Slide 16-17: Task 2 - Students are given a printable table and have to explain the purpose of the activities given to boys and girls in the Hitler Youth using their knowledge and fact sheet.
• Slide 18: An additional worksheet - printable and related to the fact sheet.
• Slide 19: Additional sources about the Hitler Youth.
• Slide 20: Challenge Tasks
• Slide 21: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a ‘Source Inference’ question on a printable answer sheet.
• Slide 22-23: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with suggested structure and exam tips.
• Slide 24-27: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the ‘How useful’ question with suggested structure and printable help sheets.
• Slide 28-30: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘Interpretation’ questions.
• Slide 31: Learning Review - A recall pyramid
• Slide 32: Lesson Fact Sheet
• Slide 33: 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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