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History of the Modern World
Failure of Diplomacy: 1935-1939
From Appeasement to War
Mrs. McArthur
Walsingham Academy
Room 111
Mission to Moscow
American Propaganda
The OWI* report on Mission to Moscow concluded that it would
be a most convincing means of helping Americans to understand their Russian allies. Every
effort has been made to show that Russians and Americans are not so very different after all.
The Russians are shown to eat well and live comfortably, which will be a surprise to many
Americans.[6] The leaders of both countries desire peace and both possess a blunt honesty of
address and purpose ... One of the best services performed by this picture is the presentation
of Russian leaders, not as wild-eyed madmen, but as far-seeing, earnest, responsible
statesmen. They have proved very good neighbors, and this picture will help to explain why, as
well as to encourage faith in the feasibility of post-war cooperation.[7]
*Office of War Information
World War II and Its Aftermath
Section 1: From Appeasement to War, pp. 924-929
Witness History Audio: The Desperate Peace
Aggression Goes Unchecked
When the aggressive actions of dictators in Japan, Germany, and Italy went virtually
unchallenged, these regimes grew bolder. The Western policy of appeasement and widespread
pacifism fed the ambitions of the three countries, which formed a pact not to interfere in each
other’s expansion.
Spain Collapses into Civil War
When conservatives led by Francisco Franco revolted against the new reformist government in
Spain, a civil war broke out that drew help from Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Franco’s
rebels won, and he set up a fascist dictatorship.
Section 1: From Appeasement to War
German Aggression Continues
Hitler annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in his quest to bring all Germanspeaking people in to the Third Reich. Britain and France were not willing to go to war over
either move.
Europe Plunges Toward War
When Germany seized the rest of Czechoslovakia, Britain and France decided they would move
to stop Hitler if he attacked Poland. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin made a pact with Hitler that they
would not interfere with each other in annexing parts of Eastern Europe. Two days after German
forces invaded Poland, on September 3, 1939, World War II began.
Color Transparency 174: Wonder How Long the Honeymoon Will Last?
World War II and Its Aftermath: Section 1
Color Transparency 174: Wonder How Long the
Honeymoon Will Last?
World War II and Its Aftermath: Section 1
Progress Monitoring Transparency
Assignment 1
1. Read text, pp. 924-929, identifying 8
new terms and answering 4 Checkpoint
questions.
2. Take Section Auto-test
All SCA Submissions due by Monday, 3/18
Assignment 2
1. Answer captions on pp. 925 and 929
questions. Study PP slides.
2. Complete Map Skills Activity, pp.928
answering questions.
3. Complete Note Taking Activity:
Sequence of German Aggression, pp.
927
Assignment 3
1. Read text, pp. 930-935, identifying 5 new
terms and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
2. 2 Infographics: Surviving the Blitz and The
Holocaust, answering Thinking Critically
questions.
All SCA Submissions due by Monday, 3/18
Assignment 4
1.Read text, pp. 935-938 identifying 3 key terms
and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
2.Answer caption question, pp 938
3.Study section 2 PP slides and take Auto-
Test
All SCA Submissions due by Monday, 3/18
Assignment 5
1. Read text, pp. 939-942, identifying 4
new terms and answering 2 Checkpoint
questions.
2. Complete Map Skills, pp. 943