WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL

GERMAN 41/42

DIE NAZIZEIT

UNIT 2: Wie hat ein gebildetes Volk einen Diktator an die Macht kommen lassen?

UNIT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE: I can have a conversation about the political, social and economic reasons that a dictator comes to power in the midst of a democracy.

Performance Indicator 2.1 : I can explain how and why Hitler rose to power in Germany.

- Interpretive Reading Assessment: Read an article about why women joined the Nazi party and answer questions about it
- Interpersonal Assessment: A TALK assessment based on the instructions in the course packet
- Presentational Writing Assessment: Write a letter to a friend about your political views during a tumultuous time in your country’s history
  - Language Function: Infinitivsätze

Performance Indicator 2.2 : I can analyze how and why people did or did not resist Hitler and the Nazi party.

- Interpretive Reading Assessment: Read an article about how and why children became Nazis and answer questions about it
- Interpersonal Assessment: Prompt 2.2 from the Spontan Sprechen prompts at the beginning of the course packet
- Presentational Writing Assessment: Write a letter from one character to another from a German story
  - Language Function: Konjunktiv II / Konjunktiv II mit Modalverben