1. Germany 1933 a lower middle-class flat

2. These people are the traitors Who've given away their neighbours They know that people know If only the street would forget them They could sleep if their conscience would let them But there's so far still to go.

3. These people are the traitors Who've given away their neighbours They know that people know If only the street would forget them They could sleep if their conscience would let them But there's so far still to go.
What do these words mean?
Traitor
Conscience

4. These people are the traitors Who've given away their neighbours They know that people know If only the street would forget them They could sleep if their conscience would let them But there's so far still to go.
What extra information does this poem give you about the scene you have just watched?

5. Hotseating: asking a character questions to find out more

6. This scene shows you how certain people were discriminated against in 1930s Germany.
What do you think the word discrimination means?
Who do you think was discriminated against? Please vote!
The husband?
The wife?
Their neighbour?

7. The playwright, Brecht, who wrote this scene, gave it a title.
In pairs, write on your whiteboards what you think the scene could be called.

8. The title that Brecht gave the scene was…
‘A Case of Betrayal’
Do you think this is a good title?
Why?
Do you prefer one of the titles you suggested?

9. Germany 1933 A middle class flat

10. The Jewish Wife Over there we can see a husband Hitler has forced him to give up his Jewish wife And wants him to marry a blonde woman instead.

11. What emotions and why?
In groups of 3, you will be given either the wife or the husband character.
Each person in your group needs to write on their whiteboard a different emotion that you saw the character feel during the scene.
If you can, explain WHY you think the character felt these emotions.

12. The Jewish Wife
Over there we can see a husband Hitler has forced him to give up his Jewish wife And wants him to marry a blonde woman instead.
What do you think the word discrimination means?
Who do you think was discriminated against? Please vote! Can you explain why?
The husband?
The wife?

13. The Jewish Wife
Jewish wife: What’s wrong with the shape of my nose or the colour of my hair?
Why does the Jewish wife say that? Does this picture help you understand?

14. Hotseating: asking a character questions to find out more

15. What do you think is going to happen next to these characters?
In your groups, make a freeze frame that shows what you think will happen to them in the future.
The actors will come round to give you some ideas and suggestions.

16. Germany 1934 A working class flat

17. The Box The coffins the SA carry are sealed up tight to bury
Their victims’ raw remains.
Here’s one who wouldn’t give in.
He fought for better living
That we might lose our chains.

18. Hotseating: asking a character questions to find out more

19. The Box What do you think the word discrimination means?
The coffins the SA carry are sealed up tight to bury their victim’s raw remains.
Here’s one who wouldn’t give in.
He fought for better living
That we might lose our chains.
What do you think the word discrimination means?
Who do you think was discriminated against? Please vote! Can you explain why?
The worker?
The wife?
The mother?
The child?
The dead man?

20. The Box
The actors are going to create freeze frames of three key moments from the scene.
Write down on your whiteboards what the characters might be THINKING at that particular moment. You will be told which moment to write about.
Moment 1: The SA man’s entrance
Moment 2: The worker trying to open the box and his wife stopping him.
Moment 3: All the family looking at the box.