Day 2 of WW2
Hitler’s control in Germany Who is Hitler? What did he do? Germany and Hitler Hitler’s control in Germany Who is Hitler? What did he do? Video= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTF0UVHIyBs Graphic
Hypothesize the meaning. Appeasement Hypothesize the meaning.
Appeasement
Appeasement
The Definition of Appeasement “This was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to stop him from going to war. It was based on the idea that what Hitler wanted was reasonable and, when his reasonable demands had been satisfied, he would stop.” Source: BBC
Key Example In 1938, Germans living in the border areas of Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) started to demand a union with Hitler's Germany. The Czechs refused. Hitler threatened war. On 30 September, in the Munich Agreement - without asking Czechoslovakia - Britain and France gave the Sudetenland to Germany. Source: BBC
Propaganda and Persuasion Techniques *See additional PowerPoint
American Propaganda, an example Der Fuehrer’s Face https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYD0Fzf1LU Questions to ask: What is the USA point of view? How does the USA portray Germany? Hitler? What ways does the video show negative views? Why use Disney?
Pearl Harbor Spark to USA entry into WW2 December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on naval base in Hawaii 110 minutes (7:55 am to 9:45 am)
Pearl Harbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIsVYdB0lA 2,335 U.S. servicemen killed 1,143 U.S. servicemen wounded 68 citizens killed 35 citizens wounded 65 Japanese killed 1 Japanese soldier captured
Exit Ticket Read the two views of Pearl Harbor Answer: What did the sources tell us about what Pearl Harbor was like for both sides? Why could this be the motivation for the USA to enter the war? AT LEAST 3 SENTENCES EACH.