Popular support?
Use primary source evidence
Key Learning Activity:
A strong element of the IB History curriculum is the emphasis on source analysis across the different assessment tasks: in the Internal Assessment, students are required to locate and analyse primary and secondary sources to investigate and develop an argument in response to an historical inquiry; and in Paper 1, a range of contrasting primary and secondary sources are provided for students to evaluate and then apply to a wider historical context. Furthermore, the IB History course is deliberate in its attempts to have students not just reason with but also about primary sources (van Drie and van Boxtel, 2008, p. 92). This deliberation occurs through the application of ‘OPVL’, or, origin, purpose, value and limitation. To succeed in this course, students need to become adept at applying OPVL to each and every source they encounter. This activity is designed to further develop these skills with students.
Students will be assessing popular support for Hitler and the Nazi party and to what extent Germans agreed with Nazi ideology.
Instructions:
Students will be closely guided through five varying sources concerned with German opinions towards Hitler and the Nazi party and how to apply (‘signpost’) origin, purpose, value and limitation. This activity is modelled on the IB Paper 1 format, thus, students will also be required to apply the evidence to an historical argument in an extended response.
A strong element of the IB History curriculum is the emphasis on source analysis across the different assessment tasks: in the Internal Assessment, students are required to locate and analyse primary and secondary sources to investigate and develop an argument in response to an historical inquiry; and in Paper 1, a range of contrasting primary and secondary sources are provided for students to evaluate and then apply to a wider historical context. Furthermore, the IB History course is deliberate in its attempts to have students not just reason with but also about primary sources (van Drie and van Boxtel, 2008, p. 92). This deliberation occurs through the application of ‘OPVL’, or, origin, purpose, value and limitation. To succeed in this course, students need to become adept at applying OPVL to each and every source they encounter. This activity is designed to further develop these skills with students.
Students will be assessing popular support for Hitler and the Nazi party and to what extent Germans agreed with Nazi ideology.
Instructions:
Students will be closely guided through five varying sources concerned with German opinions towards Hitler and the Nazi party and how to apply (‘signpost’) origin, purpose, value and limitation. This activity is modelled on the IB Paper 1 format, thus, students will also be required to apply the evidence to an historical argument in an extended response.