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This lesson is on the rise of Hitler and Germany under his rule. This is a full PowerPoint lesson; ready to teach but you will want to adapt it / update it for your own context and any resources are also uploaded with it. This lesson explains who was pers
There are many errors in this resource (duplicate slides, references to resources that are not included, lack of citation for resources). For one source, it is a quote from a private conversation, but does not give the names of who said it, does not cite the source, and it is an opinion from someone (we don't even know who). The opinion refers to the Olympics and that the “The victories of blacks at the Olympic Games are a disgrace." This could easily be taken out of context. For example, disgrace to whom? America for having blacks? Germany for losing to blacks? Why? Was this a racist comment (during this time period? (Referring to African Americans as blacks might not have been offensive as some might find it today). Finally, there is no clear connection how one person's racist comment directly provides evidence that blacks were persecuted in Germany. There are SO many resources for the Nazis Party's persecution of minorities can easily be improved.