Download Totalitarianism

Big 3
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What—TOTALITARIANISM
Why—To understand the way certain
countries were run
Bolsheviks won– Promised to get country
out of WW1
Kickoff—Why was Hitler able to come to
power?
The “Scoop” about
Totalitarianism
As told through mass media:
You will learn:
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1.) What totalitarianism is
2.) How totalitarian governments rose to power
3.) You will get the whole “SCOOP” about
totalitarian governments
4.) How totalitarianism is portrayed in movies
Throughout this unit, keep in mind what you
learn about totalitarian states, as we look at the
leaders that emerged in Europe after WWI.
Totalitarianism
 Totalitarianism: is a form of
government that
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Aims to control all aspects of
society
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Political
Economic
Social
Intellectual
Cultural
Why did I enlarge TOTAL in
totalitarianism?
How do totalitarian
governments come to power?
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Totalitarian states rise to power by
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Emphasizing the instability and problems of the old
government
Offering to correct and improve upon the society
Providing plans and programs for a more secure and
better society.
How Totalitarian regimes come to
power?
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Might exploit popular
fears and prejudices
Offer a break from the
past.
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Provide scapegoat for
past wrongs
Promises a future of
peace and plenty
Keep this in mind when
we get to Hitler!!
How did Lenin come to
power?
The “Scoop” about totalitarianism
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The 5 Elements of a
Totalitarian State
Totalitarian Element #1
Supreme Leader
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Ruled by one supreme
leader
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Typically known as a
dictator
Leader is typically
charismatic
Perceived as wise caring
Propaganda posters of Stalin
during his reign.
How do you
think Stalin
would have
been perceived
in these
posters?
Totalitarian Element #2
Controls Society
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Government controls all organizations
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Schools
Entertainment
The Arts
Religion
The economy
Totalitarian Element #3
Owns the Media
Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
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Government controls
INFORMATION
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Uses television, radio,
newspapers, and education to
support their regime
What is this called when
government tries to influence
people through media?
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Propaganda
George Orwell’s
1984
Totalitarian Element #4
Obedience
(to state and leader)
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Totalitarian governments force
citizens to CONFORM to the ideas
and beliefs of the state and its
leader
Through:
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Fear
Terror
Intimidation
Nazi Germany 1930s
Burma 2011
Totalitarian Element #5
Police Intimidation
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Use of secret police
Secret police serves
the leader
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Monitoring Citizens
Forcing them to
follow laws
Gestapo, secret police
of Nazi Germany
Fahrenheit 451
What was the name of the
secret police used by Lenin and
Stalin?
Finding features of Totalitarianism
in Movies and literature
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To help you better understand some of the
various features of a totalitarian state I
would like us to watch a few movie clips
and read a few excerpts from novels.
As you watch, please try to identify some
of the 5 elements of a totalitarian state
that we just discussed. In other words
SCOOP IT!!!
Equilibrium
Stephen Colbert
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Totalitarian Nutjob
The Hunger Games
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Apple Computers Advertisement
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Closing Discussion:
What did you learn? What did you
observe in these clips?
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What were some of the similarities that you
noticed in all of the different movies? What
about differences?
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What was society like in these clips?
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How did the governments and supreme
leader attain their power?
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4) Would you want to live in these
societies? Why or Why not?