3/13-3/17 Day 1

QOD:

The Fascist Decalogue

(i)

1. Know that the Fascist and in particular the soldier, must not believe in perpetual peace.

2. Days of imprisonment are always deserved.

3. The nation serves even as a sentinel over a can of petrol.

4. A companion must be a brother, first, because he lives with you, and secondly because he thinks like you.

5. The rifle and the cartridge belt, and the rest, are confided to you not to rust in leisure, but to be preserved in war.

6. Do not ever say "The Government will pay . . . " because it is you who pay; and the Government is that which you willed to have, and for which you put on a uniform.

7. Discipline is the soul of armies; without it there are no soldiers, only confusion and defeat.

8. Mussolini is always right.

9. For a volunteer there are no extenuating circumstances when he is disobedient.

10. One thing must be dear to you above all: the life of the Duce.

(1934)

- USING THE DECALOGUE ABOVE: What values were the Fascist Government attempting to indoctrinate in Italians? (Bonus - have you seen examples of the same values being promoted in your nation?)

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Group Activity 
3. Class Discussion
4. Movie Clip 

Objective [Students will be able to]: 

• Explain how Hitler and his Nazi Party consolidated power in Germany 

Homework: 

Propaganda Reading