Download World War II Begins

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
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.
Brain Teaser
What is deaf and blind but always tells the
truth?
Answer: A mirror
World War II Begins
Lesson 7.2
- Objective: Students will explain how World War II began.
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
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.
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
Hitler’s First Moves
 March, 1939 – Hitler invades all of Czechoslovakia
 Invasion of Poland
 March 31st, 1939 - France and G.B. promise to defend
Poland. Hitler did not believe them.
 September 1st, 1939 - Hitler invades Poland
 September 3rd, G.B. and France declare war on Germany
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.
Assignment
 In a 10-12 sentence paragraph, please explain how World
War II began.