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'The key feature of a dictatorship was the attempt to control what people believed.'

How accurate is this statement?

In preparation for answering these questions please answer the following revision questions.

Revision Question 1:

Read this article: http://gcsehistory.org.uk/modernworld/germany/nazidictatorship.htm

Answer these questions:

1. What are the characteristics of a 'successful dictatorship'?

2. What made Hitler's dictatorship successful?

Write only one paragraph for each question.

Revision Question 2:

The 2014 assessors report stated that 'better responses addressed the terms 'key' and 'attempt'.

In preparation - define these terms in the context of the Dictator Adolf Hitler.

1. What were the 'key' features of his dictatorship and what made them significant?

2. Define 'attempt' - and comment on whether Hitler's policies were all successful.

Revision Question 3:

The 2014 assessors report stated that 'good responses discussed events up

to 1945.'

Using this website create timeline of significant events for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party beginning in 1933 up until 1945.

Focus: Concentrate on the policies that he introduced and the key events that helped control the German people.

For example:

April 1933

Communist party banned.

Revision Question 4:

The 2014 assessors report also stated that good answers 'weighed up the attempt to control alongside other features namely... campaigns against minority groups.'

Outline which minority groups Hitler tried to contain, his reasoning behind this (a pure Aryan Race) and was it successful?

Use these websites to guide your answer:

http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/impact-on-jewish-communities/#...

http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/non-jewish-minorities/#.ViBSb6...

Revision Question 5:

Keep your response to one paragraph.

How did Hitler and Nazis endeavour to control education?

Use these paragraphs to guide your answer:

http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/controlling-everyday-life/cont...

http://gcsehistory.org.uk/modernworld/germany/education.htm

Revision Question 7:

Explain the role of military and the Gestapo (SS) in Hitler's control of the German population.

'Without the SS, Hitler's control never would have been realised.'

Watch the first 10 minutes of this documentary. Write a paragraph explaining the Gestapo and how they controlled the German population.

Revision Question 8:

Watch this video titled - 'What were Nazis methods of control?'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sslhAME0s

SUMMARISE - what were the methods of control of this dictatorship?

Summarise into dot point form.

Revision Question 9:

Develop an INTRODUCTION to the exam question outlined below.

Success Criteria:

1. You clearly state your argument

2. You state the structure of your essay

3. You have a topic sentence

4. You have a linking sentence

Revision Question 10:

Using your notes as a guide - develop an essay plan in response to this question from the 2014 exam.

Ensure that you satisfy all these success criteria:

1. Your essay has a clear introduction, body and conclusion

2. You introduction clearly states your argument in response to the question

3. You outline the structure of your essay in the introduction

4. You have a topic sentence for each paragraph

5. You have a linking sentence for each paragraph

6. Your conclusion re-states your argument and reasons for your position

7. Do you have evidence, dates, examples and key terms to back up your argument!

Once you have completed this plan - POST IT ON THE DISCUSSION FORUM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7sslhAME0s (Enclavar)