Year 9

How were people controlled in totalitarian states?

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    In this lesson, we will start to learn about how people were controlled in totalitarian states. We will learn about how the police were used to control what people did and what people said in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
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    In this lesson, we will learn about the economic policies introduced in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the 1930s. We will learn how Hitler and Stalin used these policies to strengthen their control over people's lives.
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    In this lesson, we will learn about how groups of people were persecuted in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. We will learn how Hitler and Stalin used these policies to strengthen their control over people's lives.
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    In this lesson, we will learn how propaganda was used in Germany and the Soviet Union to create cults of personality for Hitler and Stalin. We will learn how these methods were used by the leaders to gain greater control over people's lives.
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