Essential Question: Why did war break out in Europe?
- Review
- How did Nazi domestic policies influenced Germany's foreign policy in Europe?
- Explain how Hitler's political, economic & social policy at home contributed to Germany's aggressive foreign policy in Europe from 1934-1939.
- Find 2 friends to form a trio. Select one of 3 policies (political, economic or social) and answer the following guiding question:
- What was the nature of Nazi political policy? How did such a policy make Germany aggressive?
- What were the characteristics of Nazi economic policy? How did such a policy prepare Germany for war?
- What were the aspects of Nazi social policy? How did these policies made Germany expansionist?
- Understanding Goals
- How did Appeasement Policy contribute to the outbreak of WWII?
- What is Appeasement Policy?
- Treaty of Versailles too harsh
- Self-determination is acceptable
- Avoid war at all cost
- When was it in practise?
- Rearmament & Remilitarization
- Saar, Anschluss & Sudeten
- Berschtesgaden, Bad Godesburg & Munich
- What was the outcome?
- Invasion of Czechoslovakia
- Performance of Understanding
- Watch Voices from the Shoal Visual History Foundation (Schindler's List)
- How are lessons from the outbreak of WWII applicable today?
- On-going Assessment
- Here are two possible causes of WWII. Germany's foreign policy & Britain's Appeasement Policy. Which do you think was a more critical cause of the outbreak of WWII? Explain your answer. (13)
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