1. Thesis Prompt: Could WWII have been prevented? 1.Read p.34.3-34.5 and gather evidence of the build up to WWII. (format on the next slide) 2.Write a thesis statement that identifies why or why not the war had to happen. – There were so many bad guys intending harm to the world, it seems easy to prove that the war had to happen. – More challenging would be trying to prove that it didn’t have to happen.

2. Directions: As you read, write a description of the action taken and the reaction by Britain, France, or the United States. 1.1935–1936 Germany remilitarizes  2.1935 Italy invades Ethiopia  3.1936–1939 Germany and Italy aid nationalists in Spanish Civil War  4.1938 German Anschluss (union) with Austria  5.1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia  6.1939 Germany attacks Poland  7.1940 Germany invades Low Countries and France  8.1940 Germany attacks Britain (Battle of Britain)  9.1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor 

3. Could WWII have been prevented? Directions: 1.Use your notes to come up with 3 reasons why it could not have been prevented. 2.Challenge: Come up with 3 ways it could have been prevented. 3.Sentence frame: WW II was inevitable because____________, ___________ as well as _______________. Grading Criteria: ___ Thesis includes 3 categories that are specific (e.g. more specific than political, economic and social) ___Thesis answers the prompt and states a clear position ___Thesis use academic language (vocab terms and transition words)