Thesis Prompt: Could WWII have been prevented? 1.Read p 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.

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

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)