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Adolf Hitler la fulgurante ascension nazie

S4 E1
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2021

*Warning:* This video contains historical scenes of violence that may shock an unprepared audience. He dreamed of being a painter, he will become führer! Appointed chancellor in 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, knew how to take advantage of the economic crisis that was ravaging Germany. In a few weeks, he liquidates democracy and installs one of the bloodiest dictatorships in history. His goal: to create the Third Reich, a great German-speaking, authoritarian and anti-Semitic empire. This program is written in black and white in his essay, Mein Kampf, written ten years earlier during a stay in prison.

Levels:
Secondary Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10
Subjects:
Social Sciences and Humanities Canadian and World Studies Histoire (Études canadiennes et mondiales)
Skills:
Problem Solving Critical Thinking Global Citizenship and Sustainability
Themes:
Diversity and Inclusion
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) B2: Vantage
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E1 : Adolf Hitler la fulgurante ascension nazie

5min10s
He dreamed of being a painter, he will become führer! Appointed chancellor in 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, knew how to take advantage of the economic crisis that was ravaging Germany. In a few weeks, he liquidates democracy and installs one of the bloodiest dictatorships in history. His goal: to create the Third Reich…
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E2 : Mohandas Gandhi la marche du sel

4min43s
In 1930, the apostle of non-violence Mohandas Gandhi launched the 'salt march'. His objective: to force the British colonial power to negotiate with the Indian autonomists. Accompanied by thousands of sympathizers, he went to the edge of the ocean to collect a handful of salt, a product whose trade was severely controlled by…
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E3 : Elisabeth II l'avènement d'une reine

5min
The images of her coronation, broadcast live for the first time on television, will travel around the world: in 1953, three million English people cheer the young Elizabeth Windsor, on her way to Westminster Abbey in London, where she is to be crowned according to a ritual from the ages. Economic crisis, dismantling of the empire... A…
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E4 : Mao Zedong et la révolution culturelle

4min56s
In 1966, the great Chinese communist leader was sidelined by the moderates. But Mao Zedong had not said his last word. At the age of 72, he launched the Cultural Revolution. It was necessary, he said, to purge the Communist Party 'infested with capitalist traitors'. Millions of fanatical young Chinese responded to the call…
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E5 : Franklin Roosevelt le père du New-Deal

5min4s
1933: the United States is on its knees. A quarter of the working population is unemployed. It is the 'Great Depression'. The young Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had just been elected president, launched an ambitious program of reforms, the 'New Deal'. He financed major public works, strengthened the…
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E6 : Angela Davis le procès d'une icône

5min21s
It is one of the most famous political trials in U.S. history: in 1972, Angela Davis was tried for her participation in a bloody hostage situation that resulted in the death of a federal judge. The young philosophy teacher claimed her innocence. But she is black, a communist and a Black Power activist... In an America torn by racism…
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E7 : Aimé Césaire un poète contre le colonialisme

4min54s
In the summer of 1935, a black student writes the first lines of 'Cahier d'un retour au pays natal'. Aimé Césaire did not know it yet, but he was writing a masterpiece of literature. In his poems as well as in his plays, the Antillean is a champion of his culture: he claims the black culture free of racist clichés and…
Levels:
Secondary Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10
Subjects:
Social Sciences and Humanities Canadian and World Studies Histoire (Études canadiennes et mondiales)
Skills:
Problem Solving Critical Thinking Global Citizenship and Sustainability
Themes:
Diversity and Inclusion
French level:
B1: Threshold Independent User (B1 - B2) B2: Vantage