Three Arrows

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Three Arrows built?Adopted by various anti-fascist, social democratic, and socialist organizations
2. What is the symbol originator?The Iron Front (associated with the SPD and trade unions)
3. What is the year of conception?1932
4. Why did the Iron Front make the Three Arrows?They wanted a picture that could help people see that the Social Democratic Party was fighting against unfair and dangerous groups. The arrows helped show that they were united.
5. What does each arrow stand for?One arrow stands for fighting against kings who want to rule, another stands for stopping the hateful ideas of Nazism, and the third stands for rejecting a type of communism that many thought was dangerous.

Paramilitary organization: A group organized like a military but not part of a country's official armed forces.
Political polarization: The divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes.
Authoritarianism: A form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.
Social democracy: A political ideology that supports a socially-owned economy and a welfare state within a democratic framework.