Transcript Aggression and Appeasement

Unit 9: World War II (1937 – 1945)
See unit outline
Goal #1: Understand how war began and the major military events
Goal #2: Reflect on the HUMAN COST of war.
See unit calendar – Memorial Museum project
What does human cost mean? Reflect on the following quotes. What
do they tell you about “human cost”?
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.
- Stalin
“Human beings are foolish. Thanks to…those who traffic in
war, the earth is never at peace. Wheat pushes its shoots up
through the winter frost, only to be trampled again and again.
But the trampled wheat sends strong roots into the earth and
grows straight and tall. And one day that wheat bears fruit.”
– Keiji Nakazawa - atomic bomb survivor
What do you see on this chart that could be different than WWI?
The Holocaust: one example of “human
cost”
What do you already know about the
Holocaust? What do you already know about
Hitler?
Guest speaker – Herbert Heller:
2nd period – Monday
6th period – Next Tuesday
The
Decline of
Democracy in
Europe After WWI
The rise of two Dictators:
Mussolini (Fascist)
and
Hitler (German Fascism =
Nazism)
Totalitarian Ideologies on the Rise after WWI
Fascism, Nazism & Communism
Similarities:
• All promote extreme nationalism and obedience to authority
• All outlaw political opposition and freedom of speech
• All used propaganda, secret police & indoctrination techniques
• All used military force to bully and/or annex foreign “enemies”
Differences:
• Communism utilizes a “command economy” not capitalism
• Fascism & Nazism did not promise a classless society
Economics vs Political Policies of
Democratic & Totalitarian Governments
Political Freedom
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Economic
Control
DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISM
DEMOCRATIC
CAPITALISM
------------------------------------------------COMMUNISM
(Dictatorial Socialism)
FASCISM & NAZISM
(Dictatorial Capitalism)
Political Control
Economic
Freedom
MUSSOLINI and FASCISM
Assignment #1: What is Fascism Reading & Mussolini
Rise to Power Documentary Notes
Take notes on: What did Mussolini want for Italy and what did he do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66A3l7NrLQ 7-24
Discuss:
What aspects of
the video
illustrate the
characteristics
of fascism listed
in the chart?
Let’s rewind…..
Why would Germany be suffering from “national
low self-esteem” afterWWI?
Why might FASCISM be attractive to Germans at
this time?
Read your character sheet. Would your character be
in favor of Fascism? WHY?
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Assignment #2:
Watch video
clips (Story of
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the 3rd Reich
Parts 1 &2) and
briefly explain
how these
images relates to
the rise of Hitler
& the Nazi
Party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B4l9g0wqjs
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Take notes while you watch – be
prepared to write photo reflection
Major events
A couple notes about what
your character would think
of these events – would they
have elected Hitler?