Any account of the origins and course of the Second World War must give Hitler the leading part. Without him a major war in the early 1940s between all the world’s great powers was unthinkable. British historian Professor Richard Overy, writing in 1996.
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Any account of the origins and
course of the Second World War
must give Hitler the leading
part. Without him a major war
in the early 1940s between all
the world’s great powers was
unthinkable.British historian Professor Richard
Overy, writing in 1996.
Why did peace collapse in Europe in 1939?
Over the next few lessons:
• You will investigate why Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939.
• You will make up your own mind as to how far Hitler’s own policies were
to blame for the war and whether other factors were equally important.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Terms of theTreaty of Versailles
How does Hitler challenge the Treaty?
What reason/excuse does he give for his actions?
What was the response from Britain and France?
Germany’s armed forces to be severely limited
The Rhinelandto become a demilitarised zone
Germany forbidden to unite with Austria
The Sudetenland to be given to the new country of Czechoslovakia
Complete the third row of your table
Sudeten Germans
welcoming the Nazis, 4
October 1938
German troops
entering Prague,
March 1939
Challenge:THINK! Why are the reactions of the people so different?
Are you ready to learn? Let’s get on with it then! ☺
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
THINK! What can you learn about Hitler’s (Germany’s) attitude towards the Sudetenland?
Show you know by doing it.
“I give you my word of honour that
Czechoslovakia has nothing to fear from the
Reich (German parliament)”
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
THINK! What can you learn about Chamberlain’s (Britain’s) attitude towards the events taking place in the Sudetenland?
How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a far away country between
people of whom we know nothing. I am myself a man of peace to the depths of
my soul.
Show you know by doing it.
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
Reciprocal reading.1. Read the paragraph.2. Highlight any unknown words – find their
meaning.3. Summarise the paragraph in your own words.4. Predict what happens next.
Over to you. Find it, remember it, ready to use it.
“Peace in our time”
THINK! What was public opinion on the Munich Agreement? Explain your answer using evidence from the source.
Show you know by doing it.
Terms of theTreaty of Versailles
How does Hitler challenge the Treaty?
What reason/excuse does he give for his actions?
What was the response from Britain and France?
Germany’s armed forces to be severely limited
The Rhinelandto become a demilitarised zone
Germany forbidden to unite with Austria
The Sudetenland to be given to the new country of Czechoslovakia
Complete the final row of your table
‘Remember … one more lollipop, and then you can all go home!’
“APPEASEMENT” MEANS TO GIVE INTO THE DEMANDS OF A HOSTILE NATION IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PEACE.
THINK!Do you think this is ever a good idea?
Challenge: can you explain the meaning of the cartoon?
1. Sort the cards into arguments for and against appeasement.
2. Summarise the arguments for and against appeasement. You could do them as two lists or a spdier diagram, it’s your choice.
3. CHALLENGE: Identify which arguments belong in the following categories:• Military reasons• Economic reasons• Fear• Public opinion• Other
4. Was Britain right to follow the policy of appeasement? Use what you have learned to write a PEE paragraph explain your answer. CHALLENGE: write a second paragraph explaining hy the alternative view is wrong in your opinion.
Use the mnemonic to
remember the events
leading to World War
Two.
Saar plebiscite
Conscription & Rearmament
Rhineland
Anschluss
Munich & the Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
USSR / Nazi Pact
Poland
1. Take each of the following causes of WWII. ▪ Hitler’s actions▪ The policy of Appeasement▪ The problems caused by the peace treaty▪ The Nazi–Soviet Pact
2. For each cause, summarise the ways in which it helped lead to war in 1939 (the consequences).
3. If you took any of these causes away, would there have been a war?