1. Failure of Diplomacy: 1935-1939 From Appeasement to War
History of the Modern World
Failure of Diplomacy:
From Appeasement to War
Mrs. McArthur
Walsingham Academy
Room 111

2. Mission to Moscow American Propaganda
The OWI* report on Mission to Moscow concluded that it would
be a most convincing means of helping Americans to understand their Russian allies. Every effort has been made to show that Russians and Americans are not so very different after all. The Russians are shown to eat well and live comfortably, which will be a surprise to many Americans.[6] The leaders of both countries desire peace and both possess a blunt honesty of address and purpose ... One of the best services performed by this picture is the presentation of Russian leaders, not as wild-eyed madmen, but as far-seeing, earnest, responsible statesmen. They have proved very good neighbors, and this picture will help to explain why, as well as to encourage faith in the feasibility of post-war cooperation.[7]
*Office of War Information

3. World War II and Its Aftermath
Section 1: From Appeasement to War, pp
Witness History Audio: The Desperate Peace
Aggression Goes Unchecked
When the aggressive actions of dictators in Japan, Germany, and Italy went virtually unchallenged, these regimes grew bolder. The Western policy of appeasement and widespread pacifism fed the ambitions of the three countries, which formed a pact not to interfere in each other’s expansion.
Notes: Listen to the Witness History audio. Then read aloud the main idea for each subheading in this section and show the related visuals.
After listening to the Witness History audio, ask, “What is the main idea of Chamberlain’s speech?” (He believes he has achieved and agreement that means lasting peace with Germany.) Ask students to predict how long the peace will last.
When showing Color Transparency 174, use the lesson suggested in the transparency book to guide a discussion.
Spain Collapses into Civil War
When conservatives led by Francisco Franco revolted against the new reformist government in Spain, a civil war broke out that drew help from Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Franco’s rebels won, and he set up a fascist dictatorship.

4. Section 1: From Appeasement to War
German Aggression Continues
Hitler annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in his quest to bring all German-speaking people in to the Third Reich. Britain and France were not willing to go to war over either move.
Europe Plunges Toward War
When Germany seized the rest of Czechoslovakia, Britain and France decided they would move to stop Hitler if he attacked Poland. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin made a pact with Hitler that they would not interfere with each other in annexing parts of Eastern Europe. Two days after German forces invaded Poland, on September 3, 1939, World War II began.
Notes: Listen to the Witness History audio. Then read aloud the main idea for each subheading in this section and show the related visuals.
After listening to the Witness History audio, ask, “What is the main idea of Chamberlain’s speech?” (He believes he has achieved and agreement that means lasting peace with Germany.) Ask students to predict how long the peace will last.
When showing Color Transparency 174, use the lesson suggested in the transparency book to guide a discussion.
Color Transparency 174: Wonder How Long the Honeymoon Will Last?

5. World War II and Its Aftermath: Section 1
Color Transparency 174: Wonder How Long the Honeymoon Will Last?

6. World War II and Its Aftermath: Section 1
Progress Monitoring Transparency

7. Assignment 1
Read text, pp , identifying 8 new terms and answering 4 Checkpoint questions.
Take Section Auto-test
All SCA Submissions due by Monday, 3/18

8. Assignment 2
Answer captions on pp. 925 and 929 questions. Study PP slides.
Complete Map Skills Activity, pp.928 answering questions.
Complete Note Taking Activity: Sequence of German Aggression, pp. 927

9. Assignment 3
Read text, pp , identifying 5 new terms and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
2 Infographics: Surviving the Blitz and The Holocaust, answering Thinking Critically questions.
All SCA Submissions due by Monday, 3/18

10. Assignment 4
Read text, pp identifying 3 key terms and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
Answer caption question, pp 938
Study section 2 PP slides and take Auto-Test
All SCA Submissions due by Monday, 3/18

11. Assignment 5
Read text, pp , identifying 4 new terms and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
Complete Map Skills, pp. 943