Good Morning! Please get out any of your notes from last class or your homework. Turn in your post-trial reflection, if you have not already done so. Be prepared for a short quiz. You’ll need one sheet of paper.

Quiz Write a brief response based on your homework reading. How did Adolf Hitler acquire the Sudetenland in 1938?

The Collapse of World Order in the 1930s Review The Collapse of World Order in the 1930s

Unit 1.3 Question When should we fight? Guiding Questions: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? Three ideologies Hitler’s foreign policy

Ideologies Group Sorting Activity & Discussion What are the characteristics of Communism Fascism Classical Liberalism – Democracy/Capitalism Notecard activity review How will these influence the events leading up to World War II?

Post WW I Europe Review Treaty of Versailles League of Nations Washington Naval Conferences Spirit of Locarno Kellogg-Briand Pact Abyssinia Manchuria Impacts on Germany & Italy?

Guiding Questions: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? How was Hitler’s foreign policy a cause of WW II?

Rise of Aggressive States Benito Mussolini Fascism Abyssinia 1935

Rise of Aggressive States Adolf Hitler Beer Hall Putsch ‘23 Mein Kampf Hated Communism National Socialist Party (Nazis) Anti-Semitism Elected Chancellor in 1933

Hitler 1936 – Reoccupied the Rhineland Hitler the Peacemaker? How was this a big risk? Hitler the Peacemaker? 25 year Peace Demilitarized zones Germany would join League of Nations French & British reaction? Protest, but no fight What was the message to Hitler?

Hitler & Austria 1938 – Crisis in Austria The Plebiscite Local Nazi groups causing trouble Wanted Germany to take over – not allowed by Treaty of Versailles Chancellor Schuschnigg met Hitler Hitler demanded Nazis join govt and be in control The Plebiscite Schuschnigg planned a vote Enraged Hitler The Anschluss – March 11, 1938 Reaction of France & Britain? What message was sent to Hitler?

Portfolio Assignment #2 Write a paragraph: What can we learn about Adolf Hitler from his actions in the Rhineland and in Austria?

Today’s Guiding Questions How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939? Was the policy of appeasement justified?

Hitler & Czechoslovakia The Sudetenland - 1938

Video Clip How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939? Was the policy of appeasement justified? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKA-lhWFbsE What was Chamberlain thinking? How did Winston Churchill respond? According to the video, what is the lesson of the Munich Conference?

Appeasement Was the policy of appeasement justified? Working with documents: Was the policy of appeasement justified?

Review of German Troops, 1939 German Rearmament Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1989-034-21,_Warschau,_Parade_vor_Adolf_Hitler.jpg Review of German Troops, 1939

German Aggression German Aggression 1936-1939 Image retrieved from http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/unit2WWII.html German Aggression 1936-1939

Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement Image retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1976-063-32,_Bad_Godesberg,_M%C3%BCnchener_Abkommen,_Vorbereitung.jpg Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement

Central Historical Question Was the policy of appeasement justified? Portfolio Assignment #3

Documents A & B How can documents A & B help us make an argument about the policy of appeasement? See the questions. Write a thesis statement: Was the policy of appeasement justified in 1938? What textual evidence could you use for support?