Appeasement: Bullies and Your Lunch MoneyMr. PaulsonU.S. HistoryTues. Mar. 27, 2012

Spark # 2•1. What is Aggression? Appeasement? •2. What was the response of the major

European powers when Hitler (Germany) began to aggressively expand in the 1930’s?

•3. What were some areas/regions/territories that they took over?

•4. Put yourself in Britain or France’s shoes in the 1930’s. What options did they have in dealing with Germany’s aggressiveness? List a few options.

Agenda•Spark # 2•Appeasement notes and set-up (YT clip)

▫Hero or Goat?•Group Research on Appeasement

▫T-Chart•Homework – BBC 30 second spot

(opinion)

Set up new notes on your own paper•Title – “WWII Notes”

Appeasement•German Aggression - Lebensraum or “Living Space”

▫Re-armament▫Rhineland “re-occupied” – March 1936

Both violates V.P.T. France and Britain do nothing

▫Hitler unites Germany w/ Austria (why does this make sense? – March 1938 Austria is Hitler’s homeland!

▫Hitler demands the Sudetenland --why? -Sep 1938 Industrial center – resources!! German population – why shouldn’t they be in Germany?!

Munich Conference Sep. 1938•Hitler and Mussolini•Chamberlain and Daladier (Fra. Pres.)•Hitler keeps demanding more territory•Britain and France unprepared to fight•Sacrifice Sudetenland to avoid war•Appeasement: hoped this would “satisfy”

Hitler•Czechoslovakia's leaders were not

consulted•Chamberlain returns home a hero•Put yourself in Hitler’s shoes…

Hero or goat??•Neville Chamberlain Appeasement

World War Twohttp://www.nevillechamberlain.com/vidpages/neville-chamberlain-0004.htmlShows both sides – then ask the question…

Chamberlain’s Peace•Hero’s welcome @ home

▫“Peace in our time” •Not everyone is convinced

▫“Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They choose dishonor, and they will have war.” – Churchill

▫“The Prime Minister has believed in addressing Hitler with sweet reasonableness. I have believed that he was more open to the language of the armored fist. – A. Duff Cooper (resignation speech)

What do you think??? Hero or Goat?•Is Chamberlain a HERO… or a

COWARD???•Divide in the room•Appeasement: For and Against arguments

▫Make a t-chart•Read to investigate further

Differing viewpointsComplete the following on a separate sheet

of paper. •1. Read through the details on your

viewpoint•2. Decide what you think are the 2

strongest arguments for your viewpoint. •3. Now flip it over and do the same for the

other side – 2 strongest arguments.•4. Why do you think Chamberlain chose

appeasement?

Last…• You are a BBC reporter live from Munich after the

historic signing of the Munich Agreement between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain.

• You have a 30 second live broadcast and it is essential that you capture the mood of the hour. You are speaking to the British public.

• Decide whether you think Chamberlain is a HERO or a COWARD. Has he saved Britain from war or simply put it off and encouraged Hitler to take over Europe?

• You are informing the public AND telling them how they should feel about it.

• Hint – 30 seconds = about 5 good sentences.

Homework•Finish BBC 30 second spot•5 sentences pretending you are a reporter

– ▫Facts/news▫Add opinion on facts/news