1936 Nazi Olympics

As part of an interdisciplinary unit, students spend time researching the 1936 Olympic Games. Students are expected to find ten important facts that pertain to their topic of interest and create a holocaust collage highlighting images that relate to their research. The first picture clearly depicts th loyalty or fear the public had of the Hitler regime. The second is an actual protest poster of the Olympics being held in Nazi Germany and the third is the official poster for the Nazi Olympics held in Berlin with the man holding the torch and saluting Hitler.

Students must choose from the following: Research one male athlete or female athlete that won either a gold, silver, or bronze medal and give us information about them such as:

1) What country is the medalist from and how many medals did they win?
2) Include interesting facts about their childhood or family.
3) How old were they when they started playing the sport and/or who influenced them?
4) How has the sport changed since the 1930's?

Another topic students could choose is to research information about the two "half-jews" that were part of the national team and create a collage about it.

The last topic students could choose is to look specifically at people and/or organizations that protested the Nazi Olympics and include these posters and other media that they find and include these in your collage.