RAT test 12 - Nazi education

What happened to teachers if they did not teach Nazi ideas?

• Executed

• Nothing, they could teach what they wanted

• They were sacked

• Taken away by the SS

How did lessons start and end?

• singing of the national anthem

• teachers and students saying Heil Hitler

• with a bell

• all students had to take off their jackets

What sort of books were banned in German schools?

• all picture books

• any Jewish books

• any book written by Hitler

• any book written by a German

How did the Nazi’s change history books?

• rewritten to show German failure

• nothing, they were kept the same

• rewritten to show German success

• by putting on new covers

What happened to students who failed PE?

• had to run more around the field

• had to repeat the year

• nothing happened

• expelled from school

Why was PE so important to the Nazis?

• to ensure that girls were fit to be mothers

• to ensure that boys were fit for the army

• as Hitler liked PE at school

• as everyone liked PE

What did students learn in eugenics lessons?

• about selective breeding

• about the master race

• to not marry inferior people

• how to identify Jews

What did students learn in race studies lessons?

• about the superiority of the master race

• how to run really fast

• how to spot non Ayrans

• how people are different colours

What did boy’s education focus on?

• PE

• science

• military drilling

• German

What did girl's education focus on?

• motherhood

• needlework

• military drilling

• science