1. Rise of Fascism“I Want to be a Nazi” the progression towards World War II Prior Knowledge (take out a blank piece of paper and answer the following question AT TOP OF PAPER… How do you think Hitler convinced a whole nation of people to support his ideas (Why do you think people supported the Nazi Party?)
1) Define Fascism and analyze why people supported dictators that preached Fascism
2) Identify the three Axis Powers and the leader of each
3) Define Appeasement and explain why Europe did nothing to stop Hitler before?
4) Explain why Europe gave into Hitler’s demands (appeasment)?

2. Central Historical Question
Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?

3. Agenda 3/24/17 Warm up #1 Unit 7: Lesson # 1 WWII Begins
Primary source analysis and poster
Jigsaw activity
Exit Slip #8

4. Warm up #1
How do you think Hitler convinced a whole nation of people to support his ideas (Why do you think people supported the Nazi Party?) Sentence Starter: I think Hitler convinced a whole nation of people to support his ideas and to support the Nazi party because________.

5. Exit Slip # 9 Identify the three Axis Powers and the leader of each
Sentence Starters:
The three Axis Powers and respective leaders are______,_______, and ____.

6. Lecture #1 Beginning of WWII
FLT: I will be able to analyze the beginning of WWII by analyzing if appeasement was the right policy for England in 1938

7. World War II ( ) fighting on 4 continents, 4 oceans 100 million fought (40-50 mil. died, many civilians)
How did it Start
Treaty of Versailles- Germany destroyed, embarrassed, forced to take full blame for WWI
Reparations- Ger. Forced to pay France for WWI
European Depression- Germany becomes the poorest country in Europe
How would an environment like this lead to a country supporting a leader like Hitler? Think of the emotions Germans share?

8. Video Questions https://www. youtube. com/watch
Part I- Rise in Popularity of Hitler (answer questions on the left side of your Cornell notes
1) Explain how conditions in Germany drew people to support Hitler
Conditions in Germany helped support a man like Hitler because… (identify one way things were bad in Germany) as proven in the video with the scene showing…(find an example in the movie to finish the sentence)
2) Identify 2 ways Hitler used propaganda or promises to attract supporters to the Nazi Party
Hitler used propaganda to gain supporters when he… (give an example of propaganda in the video) which was meant to make people believe… (what about Hitler, why should they follow Hitler
3) Identify what group Hitler began to target as an enemy in 1936 and one example of how people were taught to identify this group.
The group Hitler targeted was ( identify the group) and Germans were taught that (identify one form of false information about this group designed to see this group as different or inferior)

9. Rise of Fascism- duty to the state is more important than individual freedom, strong leader, limit on freedoms why would people be willing to give up rights in exchange for strong leadership?
Three Axis/Fascist Nations
1) Italy/ Benito Mussolini- promises Italy a new Roman Empire
2) Germany/ Adolf Hitler is ELECTED Jan leader of Germany with 35% of vote
Mein Kampf (My Struggle)book outlines Hitler’s beliefs
Aryan Supremacy- German’s are the supreme race
Jews- racially inferior
How did these ideas allow Germans to feel that they had the right to invade and kill other people?
Why is Hitler bad and US good?
-3) Japan/Hideki Tojo- felt only way to gain world respect was by force (ex. US banned all Jap. Imm. in 1924)
Japan wants to be dominant power in Asia

10. Video Questions Part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNKlxcqLKcM
4) Why did Germany and Hitler want to host the Olympics?
Hitler wanted to host the Olympics because he believed the Olympics would…
5) In what ways do the Nazi’s show that they have done a good job in turning Germany around?
The Nazi’s tried to show the world that their way of doings things was good because… (give two examples from the movie that were meant to impress the rest of the world)
6) Evaluate if the Olympics helped to showcase Nazi success. Explain
The Olympics DID/DID NOT help showcase the Nazi’s success in making Germany great again because… (give your opinion)

11. Munich Conference/appeasement Germany wants land, Hitler wants power
Sudetenland- Ger. Speaking area of Czech. (Hitler threatens to invade)
Munich Conference (Sept. 1938)- Eng. and Fr. Meet with Hitler to avoid war
Appeasement- Eng. and Fr. give Hitler Sudetenland, in return Hitler promises not to invade any more countries
Why do you feel England and France gave in to Hitler’s demands?
Hitler not seen as bad guy yet (Stalin/Communism is seen as a scarier threat)
Hitler so far has only taking land that was once part of Germany before Treaty of Versailles
Eng and Fr. Not ready for war (depression), Hitler has been building a war machine
*March 1939 Hitler takes over the rest of Czech. (Hitler lied! Appeasement is a major mistake, world is not stopping Hitler)

12. Video Part II-Hitler Youth Movement https://www. youtube. com/watch
8) Identify several ways the Hitler Youth Program was made attractive to young boys.
Two ways young boys were brainwashed into believing Hitler and the Nazi’s were cool were by… (identify two ways in the movie that HYG was made to look cool or a place that young boys who want to be men would follow along.)
9) Whiteness- Analyze how having a country of only one race would help to create the success of the Nazi party.
Watching a group of all white boys who look the same would help the Nazi party to gain acceptance by all Germans because… (think about how having everyone look alike will help Nazi ideology) and this would not happen in the United States because… ( contrast how the US is different and why a Hitler or Trump will not will over all Americans).

13. Central Historical Question
Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?

14. Evidence Guide Quiz Grab a book and read P 434- 435
Use the same piece of paper you took notes on
Answer by providing
Agree/disagree
Page Number and Paragraph Number
Evidence sentence- THE SENTENCE FROM THE TEXT BOOK THAT PROVES IF STATEMENT WAS TRU OR NOT
DO NOT REWRITE THE SENTENCE PROVIDED ON THE SHORT HANDOUT
Answer question 8-10 with your own answer based on the reading
MAKE SURE TO BEGIN EACH SENTENCE WITH THE SENTENCE STARTER PROVIDED

15. Path to WWII Timeline Go to Page 431, read the sections posted 1) define each event 2) make sure to include the aggressor/axis nation
1931- Manchuria (P. 431 Paragraph 6)
October Ethiopia (P. 432 Paragraph 5)
March Rhineland (P. 433 Paragraph 1)
July Spanish Civil War (P 433 Para 4/5)
October Rome-Berlin Axis (P 433 Para 3)
1937 “The Rape” of Nanjing (P. 432 Para 3)
March 1938 Austria (P. 434 Para 4)
Sept 1939 Munich Conference (P. 435 Para 1)
Aug Non-Aggression Pact (P. 435 Para 4)