martes, 14 de mayo de 2013

Women and the Family in Nazi Germany

1) How did Hitler try and encourage marriage as soon as he came to power?

Introducing the "Law for the Encouragement of Marriage", which stated that the government would give all newly married couples a 1000 mark loan and the couple could keep each quarter of this loan with every child they had.

2) According to Nazi ideology, what roles did men and women have?

Men were to Nazis the productive and creative in the world of politics and war, while women were reproductive and had their important role in the family home.

3) Using the information on this sheet, create a spider diagram clearly showing what women were expected to do, and what was not acceptable.



4) Using your spider diagram, create a table illustrating differences between our society today and Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

5) Why do you think Hitler placed such importance on the role of women?