1. BOCA – 4/6  Please take out a blank sheet of paper and title it “Lesson 7.2 – WWII Begins” and your learning target sheet.  Agenda  Good Things  This day in history/brain teaser  Begin Lesson 7.2 – WWII Begins  Rise of Dictators Quiz Review  WWII game group work  Homework: Study for quiz and pick WWII topic

2. This day in history…  On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

3. Brain Teaser  What is deaf and blind but always tells the truth?  Answer: A mirror

4. World War II Begins Lesson 7.2 - Objective: Students will explain how World War II began.

5. Vocabulary  Third Reich - the name given by the Nazis to their government in Germany. Reich means empire in German.  Anschluss - a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)  Appeasement – giving a person what they want hoping they will leave you alone  Maginot Line - a line of fortifications built by France to defend its border with Germany prior to World War II; it proved ineffective against the German invasion

6. Hitler’s First Moves  1936 – Hitler sends soldiers into the Rhineland  March 1938 – Hitler annexes Austria – known as Anschluss  Sept. 1938 – Hitler is given Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.  Hitler’s Main Goal: He wants to create an empire/country of a pure German race and have a 1,000 year reign of the Third Reich.

7. Munich Conference  Peace conference among the major powers of Europe in Sept. 1938.  Neville Chamberlin  Prime Minister of Great Britain  “There will be peace in our time” – Wants peace at all costs  He decides to appease Germany  Results of Munich Conference  Hitler was given the Sudetenland  Hitler promised not to take rest of Czechoslovakia

8. Hitler’s First Moves  March, 1939 – Hitler invades all of Czechoslovakia  Invasion of Poland  March 31 st, 1939 - France and G.B. promise to defend Poland. Hitler did not believe them.  September 1 st, 1939 - Hitler invades Poland  September 3 rd, G.B. and France declare war on Germany

9. Germany’s Quick Victories  Germany takes over Poland in less than a month  Germany then invades the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in less than a month.  By June 22nd, 1940, Germany had invaded all of France  Hitler now controls all of central Europe  How did this happen?  Germany uses blitzkrieg – brand new form of warfare  France and Great Britain lacked enthusiasm for the war and felt safe behind Maginot Line.

10. Assignment  In a 10-12 sentence paragraph, please explain how World War II began.