Interwar Non-Extremist Political Currents

Activities

Election leaflet Main thesis Election Campaign Political programmes 1 Political programmes 2 Similarities and Differences

Annotation

Activities in this section are partly related to the political environment of interwar Czechoslovakia, but can be simplified and generalized for the needs of teaching in other countries. In the first exercise, students look at election posters and assign keywords according to the relevant political rhetoric. They then assign the given program theses to the right political mainstream. In the exercise called "Election Campaigns" they create a suitable slogan for the needs of the given ideology or political mainstream. In the question of the analysis of political programs add the appropriate words and assign the political agenda to a specific party. In the last exercise, students look for differences and similarities that result from different political program approaches. All exercises emphatize on understanding differences and similarities in political ideologies, reading literacy and critical evaluation of information, support of group work, and creative thinking.

Goals	Emphasis on understanding differences and similarities in political ideologies, reading literacy and critical evaluation of information, support of group work, and creative thinking
Duration	approx. 45 to 60 minutes
Difficulty	Secondary school
Tools and space	Writing materials, markers, a seminar room corresponding to the size of the group, printed worksheets and graphic materials, a list of situations to create political slogans