1. Fascism Rises in Europe
Chapter 15 Section 3

2. Think-Write-Pair-Share
What do you know about Adolf Hitler and Nazism?

3. Turn to your partner and discuss
You will be sharing your partner’s response

4. Rise of Fascism Democracies survive in Britain, France, and U.S.
Other countries lose faith in democratic governments -> frustrated by the Great Depression and peace treaties of WWI

5. Think-Write-Pair-Share
What countries do you think would lose faith in democracy? Why?

6. What does fascism have to offer?
Revive the economy
Punish those responsible for hard times
Restore order and national pride

7. Fascism A new, militant political movement
Emphasizes loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader
No clearly defined program
Extreme form of nationalism
Nations must struggle
Peaceful countries will be conquered
Wear uniforms of a certain color
Special salutes
Mass rallies

12. Similarities with Communism
Both systems ruled by dictators
only one political party
Denied individual rights
The state (country) was supreme
No democratic practices

13. Differences with Communism
Fascists did not want a classless society
Each class had its place and function
Fascists = aristocrats, industrialists, war veterans, lower middle class
Fascists = nationalists
Communists = internationalists

14. Think-Write-Share
Does fascism or communism seem to be more concerned with the happiness/safety of the people?

15. Assignment 2-3 sentences per question 1-2 paragraphs
1. Describe fascism in your own words.
2. How is fascism different than communism?
3. Would you like to live in a fascist country? Why or why not?

16. Problems after WWI (Italy)
Few territorial gains
Rising inflation
Unemployment
Italians wanted a leader to take action

17. Benito Mussolini Founded the Fascist Party in 1919
Popularity increase when the economy suffers
Promises to revive the economy and rebuild the army
Attacks on Socialists and Communists
People are scared of a worker’s revolt
Middle class, aristocracy, industrial leaders support Mussolini

18. Think-Write-Pair-Share
Why does Mussolini’s popularity increase? Who supports him?

19. Benito Mussolini
1922 – 30,000 Fascists march on Rome and demand King Victor Emmanuel III put Mussolini in charge
Mussolini becomes Il Duce (the leader)
Gets rid of democracy and all political parties
Secret police
Censorship of radio and publications
No strikes
Not as much control as Stalin and Hitler

20. Think-Write-Pair-Share
How did Mussolini maintain control?

21. Hitler (Germany) Receives Iron Cross in WWI
Moves to Munich and joins the National Socialists German Workers’ Party (Nazi)
German type of fascism = Nazism
Germany should overcome the Treaty of Versailles and fight Communism
Private militia = storm troopers

22. Hitler der Fuhrer (the leader)
Hitler attempts to seize power in Munich (1923)
5 year prison sentence for treason
Write Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
“Aryans” = master race
Jews, Slavs, Gypsies were inferior
Versailles Treaty was not fair
Lebensraum = living space (Germany was overcrowded)

23. Hitler Mostly ignored until the Great Depression
American loans stop and German economy collapses
Germans are frightened and confused
Hitler promises security and strong leadership

24. Assignment In groups of 3 complete Guided Reading Ch. 15 Section 3
Page 477

25. Hitler Becomes Chancellor (1933)
Conservative leaders advise President Paul von Hindenburg to name Hitler chancellor
A fire destroys the Reichstag building (parliament) and the Communist Party is blamed
Nazi Party wins parliament elections
Hitler bans all other political parties
SS and Gestapo kills or arrests his enemies
Banned strikes
Constructed factories, built highways, made weapons

26. Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Propaganda on radios, painting, literature
Books going against Nazi beliefs are burned
Hitler Youth
Anti-Semitism = Hatred of Jews
Blamed for all of Germany’s problems after WWI
Jews are deprived of their legal rights
Nov. 9, 1938 – Nazi mobs attacked Jews (Kristallnacht)

27. Assignment - Kristallnacht
In groups of 3
Read the document independently
Discuss and answer questions as a group
Discuss as a class

28. Justification Paragraph
Which events and factors contributed to Hitler’s belief in an extreme form of German nationalism?
1. State your claim - List at least three factors - “One factor was ……..”
2. Cite evidence for each claim - “The reason ……………. contributed was because ……………..”
3. Support evidence with academic language – “As a result of ……..”
“If …….. then ……..” “This was a cause or effect of ……..”
4. Use content vocabulary (at least 3) – Treaty of Versailles, anti-Semitism, Aryan, reparation payments, Mein Kampf, pogroms, nationalism, Germanic