Ideological indoctrination
What Ideological indoctrination means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Education was used to indoctrinate children with communist values, aiming to create the 'New Soviet Man' rather than simply to spread literacy.
The curriculum was radically altered to serve Nazi aims, with History glorifying German victories and Biology promoting Aryan supremacy.
Topics that use Ideological indoctrination
- Option 30: Key topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24 - 4 Economic and social change, 1918–24 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 31: Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39 - 2 Nazi policies towards the young (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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