SBQ REVISION 6 - mrschoo-sec2ih2013 - Hwa Chong Institution

HWA CHONG INSTITUTION (High School Section)SEC 2 INTEGRATED HUMANITIES - HISTORYName: ______________________________ ( ) Class: ______ Date: ________SBQ REVISION 6 – Nazi GermanySkills Tested: Inference, Comparison & ReliabilityStudy the sources carefully and then answer the questions.In answering the question, you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret andevaluate the sources.1. Study Sources B and C.How different are the sources? Explain your answer. [7]2. Study Source D.To what extent can you believe what Source D says about Hitler’s Rule? Explainyour answer. [7]3. Study Source F.Why do you think the artist drew this? Explain your answer using details fromthe picture. [6]Source B:A US political cartoon on Hitler’s regime and his Brown Shirts (represented by theskeletal figures) in Germany.

Source C:An eyewitness’ account of lives under Hitler’s regime.I remember one set of Jewish twins in particular: Guido and Ina, aged about four. One day, Mengele, aNazi official, took them away. When they returned, they were in a terrible state: they had been sewntogether, back to back, like Siamese twins. Their wounds were infected and oozing pus. Theyscreamed day and night. Then their parents - I remember the mother's name was Stella – managed toget some morphine and they killed the children in order to end their suffering.Source D:A comment by Lloyd George, former prime minister of United Kingdom, after his visitto Germany in 1936.There is no doubt that Hitler has brought about a wonderful change in the thinking of the people. Thepeople are happier…..and there is a general outpouring of joy. Hitler has freed his land of its fear ofconstant despair and humiliation. The old trust him; the young idolise him.Source E:An abstract from a Western historian’s view about Hitler’s leadership.Wages and the standard of living remained relatively low for Germans, but unemployment was falling,and business optimism returned. In 1935 compulsory labour service was introduced, andunemployment was reduced further as tax incentives were introduced to persuade women to leavethe labour force, to return to what was considered traditional for German women: cooking, childrenand church attending.Source F:Portrayal of Jews from a page of a story book for young children.AcknowledgmentsSource BSource CSource DSource ESource FAdapted from http://darkwing.uoregon.eduAdapted from http://www.thelcfischtank.com/speech/informativespeechoutline.htmAdapted from http://www.history.com/content/worldwartwoAdapted from Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great PowersAdapted from http://www.calvin.edu

Suggested Answers1. Study Sources B and C. How different are the sources? Explain your answer [7]LORMS Descriptor MarksL1 Describing sources with no Comparison 1L2 False matching / comparison of source type or topic / Typicality 2L3 Difference / Similar in content3m for unsupported comparison4m for supported comparison3-4L4L5Both aspects of L3Award 4 marks if only one is supportedAward 5 marks if both are supported and explainedBoth sources indicate that the Germans suffered under Hitler’s leadership.Source B depicts brutality that took place during his reign. The cartoondepicts a skeletal figure with a Nazi’s band carrying bloodied sickles with hisgroup of Brown Shirts. Source C mentions suffering of the Germans as well.A set of Jewish twin had had been used as an experiment piece ‘sewntogether, back to back, like Siamese twins’ and the parents’ had to eventuallykilled them to end their suffering.ANDBoth sources differ in the victims of Hitler’s rule. Source B shows that thevictims were largely the whole of Germany, whereas in Source C, the victimswere mainly the Jews. Source B shows a huge skeletal Hitler and his army ofBrown Shirts leading the whole of Germany into destruction. Source C, onthe other hand, shows the sufferings by the Jews. Innocent young childrenbecame victims of Hitler’s savage acts. “Guido and Ina, aged about four”became the target of scientific experiment of the Nazi, making life unbearablefor them and their parents.L4 + PurposeSources B and C are similar in purpose. Source B, drawn by a US cartoonist,and Source C, an eyewitness, likely a German, are targeting a worldwideaudience and want to condemn Hitler’s inhumane acts of violence. Thus, bothsources are seeking help from the world to intervene to stop Hitler fromcontinuing such acts.4-56-72. To what extent can you believe what Source D says about Hitler’s Rule? Explain youranswer. [7]

LORMS Descriptor MarksL1 Unsupported Assertion 1L2 Answer from provenance 2L3 Uncritical acceptance of the source 3L4 Detecting Bias4-5Source D is reliable to a relatively high extent as it is written by Lloyd George,former prime minister of United Kingdom and it is therefore likely to be afairer assessment of Hitler’s rule. Unlike others who saw Hitler as an evil crazymadman, Lloyd George is providing a different perspective of Hitler’s reign bypainting a positive picture of him and praised Hitler because he “freed hisland of its fear of constant despair and humiliation” to the extent thateveryone love him as “The old trust him; the young idolise him”.However, Source D is unreliable as clearly Lloyd George is giving anopinionated viewpoint of Hitler’s rule considering that he was the formerPrime Minister of Britain at that time and had underlying intentions ofspeaking well of Hitler (wants to maintain economic ties between Britain andGermany). He uses words/phrases like “wonderful” and “no doubt” whichclearly states that he maintains a one-sided viewpoint, and does notaccurately depict the situation in Germany. The use of the word “general”also suggests that he is assumes that all of Germany were happy with Hitler’srule.L5L6L4 + Cross Referencing5m for cross referencing to other sources/contextual knowledge, supported.6m for cross referencing to other sources AND contextual knowledgeNote: No checking statement = no cross referencingReliableMy contextual knowledge supports that Hitler rule had indeed broughtbenefits. Hitler had created millions of jobs for the unemployed with hisbuilding projects and his conscription of people into the army. Workers werehappier. Although wages might be low, standard of living had improvedtremendously.ORConversely, the kind of optimism highlighted in Source D is proven to be truein Source E where the “unemployment was falling, and business optimismreturned”. With the introduction of “compulsory labour service” and “taxincentives”. Since Source E and D say the same things about Hitler’s rule,Source D is reliable.UnreliableWhen I cross refer to Source C, Source D is unreliable is depicting that the“young idolise him”. Source C showed that even children were not sparedfrom sufferings as they “became the target of scientific experiment of theNazi, making life unbearable for them and their parents”.L5 + PurposeLloyd George, being the former Prime Minister of Britain and one of the main5-66-7

players of the Treaty of Versailles, made this comment in 1936, to convincethe Allied powers/the British parliament that Hitler was indeed a good leaderafter all. His intended outcome was for the Allied Powers/British parliamentto support the current PM (Chamberlain) in the upcoming appeasementpolicy.3. Why do you think this poster was drawn? Explain your answer using details from thepicture.[6]LORMS Descriptor MarksL1 Copy from source 1L2 Based on provenance 2L3 Unsupported inference 3L4 Supported inference4-5In Source F, the drawing was done to portray Jews negatively. This can beseen from the way the Jewish man is drawn uncouthly, with his hands overthe woman’s shoulders and trying to lead her away. The woman on theother hand is portrayed as innocent as she seems to be looking away,unaware of the Jewish man dishonourable intentions. Boy with a sneakylook seems to be stealing.L5Purpose, clearly supported by source (Author, audience, motive, outcome)In Source F, the artist, likely a German/Nazi supporter (AUTHOR) drew thecartoon to brainwash German students (AUDIENCE) into believing that theJews were in general bad people (MOTIVE) with less than noble intentions.This is so that the students will grow up to hate the Jews/view them withsuspicion and support the Nazis in eliminating them (OUTCOME).5-6