Transcript The Rise of Dictators and WWII

Tuesday 5/14/13
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Goal: to analyze the Great
Depression through Cinderella Man.
Warm up: List at least 5 themes you
have seen in Cinderella Man that
directly relate to the Great
Depression. Be specific!!
Homework: Read Chapter 19 and do the following:
Periods 1, 2,7/8, On page 568 do the following:
1. Create your own visual chapter summary.
2. Build vocabulary use each voc. terms in a
sentence or use all ten in a paragraph, due
Friday.
Cinderella Man paper due on Monday.
Period 9
a) On page 238-239 (chap 7) do the following:
1. Create your own visual chapter summary of the
chapter. Be sure to include people, ideas and
events.
2. Answer all six questions in the Understanding
main ideas section, due Friday.
The Rise of Dictators
and WWII
Section 1: Steps to War
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Goal: to examine how dictators rose to
power in Europe during the 1930s.
• Warm-up: If you were asked to do
something that you knew might harm
others, but also might help you; would you
do it? Why? Why not?
• Schedule:
1. Warm up, notes discussion.
2. Read pgs. 774-776. Create a propaganda
poster for a dictator. I will explain.
The Rise of Dictators
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Dictators (absolute rulers) seized power
in Italy, Germany, Japan, Soviet Union
after World War I
Germany was treated severely after WWI
(stripped of territory, forced to disarm,
pay reparations)
Worldwide Depression also hit – many
people looked to new leaders to solve
problems
The MAJOR Dictators: Benito Mussolini in
Italy; Adolf Hitler in Germany; Joseph
Stalin in the Soviet Union
Benito Mussolini (Italy)
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Preached a
government called
Fascism – includes
intense patriotism
& nationalism
Very much linked
to racism and
cultural superiority
Adolf Hitler (Germany)
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Leader of the Nazi
Party
Spoke about
Germany racial
superiority
Wanted revenge
for Germany’s loss
in World War I
Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
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Communist leader
(Russia went
Communist after
WWI)
Controlled every
aspect of people’s
lives
Eliminated all
competition to him
in order to stay in
power
Dictators Expand Territory
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1931 – Japan
attacks Manchuria
in northern China
Japan wanted
more natural
resources for its
growing population
(Manchuria is rich
in natural
resources)
Italy invades Ethiopia
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1935 – Italy
invaded Ethiopia in
Africa
Mussolini wanted
new areas to
expand his empire
in Africa
Germany Begins Conquests
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1936 – Hitler moves
troops into the
Rhineland (German
region near the French
border)
WWI treaty said no
German troops here
French Gov’t and
League of Nations –
TAKE NO ACTION
German-Italian Alliance
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Germany and Italy
formed the Axis
Powers
Now – two dictators
with stated goals of
expansion are good
friends
Axis Powers help
Spain’s Fascist
military overthrow its
elected government
(Spanish Civil War)
Mussolini and Hitler
Friday 4/27/12
Goal: to further develop theories on the
causes of WWII.
Warm-up: Imagine it is 1937 and you live in
France. You have heard about Hitler and
Mussolini. Write a short diary entry on what
you may have been thinking at the time.
Schedule:
1. Go over homework
2. Warm up
3. Map activity
4. Hitler film
5. Hitler begins conquests
6. Appeasement
Homework – 2nd Period
1.Read chapter 20
2.On pages 554-555 look at the review and
assessment activities.
3.Design your own review. Must have the
following:
• All vocabulary terms
• One graphic organizer
• One cartoon that can be interpreted.
Monday 4/30/12
Goal: to describe how England and France
contributed to the causes of WWII.
Warm-up: How do victims enable bullies to
become more powerful and continue
bullying?
Activities:
1. Warm-up
2. Notes, discussion
3. Video
Homework
1.Read chapter 20
2.On pages 596-597 look at the review and
assessment activities.
3.Design your own review. Must have the
following:
• All vocabulary terms
• One graphic organizer
• One cartoon that can be interpreted.
Hitler begins his own Conquests
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1938 – Hitler and the
Germans invade
Austria (most
Austrians spoke
German and
welcomed becoming a
part of Germany)
But…Hitler and the
Germans were
expanding – and the
WWI treaty told them
not to…
The Sudetenland
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After taking Austria
– Hitler wanted
more
His next desire is
the Sudetenland in
Czechoslovakia
The Czechs didn’t
want to give this
area to Germany –
nor did France and
Russia
Germany’s Expansion
“Appeasement” at Munich
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The British step in
to offer a peace
and avoid war
British Prime
Minister Neville
Chamberlain meets
with Hitler in
Munich, Germany
• They agree to give
Hitler the
Sudetenland
• Hitler has to
promise he is done
seeking territory
Reactions to Munich
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Neville
Chamberlain, the
British Prime
Minister who came
up with the
agreement, said
that he had
achieved “peace in
our time”
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Winston Churchill,
the future Prime
Minister, said:
“Britain and France
had to choose
between war and
shame. They chose
shame. They will
get war, too.”
Activity
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1. Read about the Munich Conference.
Answer the following questions:
• What was appeasement?
• Why did France and England employ it as a policy against
the Germans?
2. Choose one of the following and write a one paragraph
essay on the best option for Great Britain.
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Appease the Germans
Align with the Germans
Place sanctions on the Germans
Declare war on Germany.
Hitler Speech
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3
hEG-5_9nK4
As you watch the video please take
notes and be ready to answer the
following:
• How did Hitler rise to power?
• How did WWI affect Hitler?
• Why do you think many of the German
people bought into his ideas?
Hitler breaks his promise: Germany
Starts the War
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After being given Sudetenland – Hitler
takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
Hitler signed a Non-Aggression Pact with
Stalin and the Soviet Union (they agree to
not make war on each other) – now
France and Britain have lost an ally in
Stalin
Immediately after – Germany invaded
Poland (France & Britain declare war on
Germany) WWII officially begins