Give students a 10-sign “playbook” for the rise of dictators during World War 2 and have them track how real countries used those tactics to dismantle democracy. This activity helps students move beyond memorizing dictators and start identifying patterns. Using a structured 10-sign Authoritarian Playbook, students analyze historical case studies from the 1920s–1930s (Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, or the Soviet Union) and match real laws, events, and political actions to warning signs of authorit