II. Pre-WWII Developments and Regime Types
Practice: The PDF document titled “3 Leaders, 3 Regimes” is handed out to the students as homework. The students are told that they will first examine the detailed characteristics of 3 different regimes-ideologies and 3 different leaders, and then they fill in the template. Resources such as Edpuzzle, Khan Academy, YouTube etc. are shared with students. Based on these sources and individual research, the impact of such regimes on the period leading to World War II, especially how the racist and aggressive policies of the regimes that emerged in Germany and Italy dragged the whole world into a disaster, are emphasized. They are also expected to understand anti-democratic people’s accession to power, which is followed by the emergence of Fascism and Nazism and an increasing totalitarianism in the government.
When To Use
Atatürk’s Death and the Aftermath – World War II and Turkey
Age Level
8th Grade (13-14)
Duration
3 lessons
Materials
Articles, Images, Videos, Educational Platforms
Related Social-Emotional Learning Areas / Contribution to Prosocial Learning
Conducting a writing activity based on individual research, internalizing the damage of totalitarianism to humanity, directing students to reflect on the government processes of the society they live in by developing the awareness of the society for democracy.
Purpose
To encourage students to realize how the anti-democratic, racist and aggressive regimes before the World War II were born, how the elected governments became totalitarian, and inspire them to think about totalitarianism today by establishing a connection, if any, between today’s government forms.