1. Development of Ultranationalism Responses to Ultranationalism Focus  How does ultranationalism develop?  Explore other factors and events that can transform nationalism into ultranationalism  How have people responded to ultranationalism?  Explore various ways people have responded to ultranationalism

2. chapter issue To what extent can nationalism lead to ultranationalism?

3. Inquiry question: How does ultranationalism develop? How have people responded to ultranationalism?

4. Ultranationalism in Canada Conscription Internment

5. Canadian Conscription WWI Military Service Act, 1917 Canada promised 500,000 of 1, 500, 000 men of military age to the war effort By 1917 Canada wanted to contribute 100,000 more

6. Conscription WWI Strong reactions against conscription by many Francophones and First Nations communities Why?

7. Canadian conscription in WWII Conscription considered again Many had already lived through WWI and had no desire to relive the experience King decided on a policy of “conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription”

8. Internment WWI By 1914 100,000 people of German, Austro- Hungarian, Ukrainian and Turkish origin were living in Canada “Enemy Aliens” -sent to internment camps War Measures Act, 1914 - Restricted rights and freedoms of Canadians in time of war

9. Canadian internment WWII Bombing of Pearl Harbour Dec. 7, 1941 Many feared Japanese-Canadian residents -Citizens or not Forced internment of Japanese Canadians

10. Your reaction? Does the government have the right to force you to fight? If so, when? Is internment ever justified? In what circumstances?

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12. 100 years before Hitler, the German poet Heinrich Heine wrote: “Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn human beings.” 1. Why do you think he made this link? 2. Is he accurate?

13. Kamikaze Pilots Ready for last Flight

14. “Divine Wind” Video – Japanese Kamikaze Pilots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qATP3BDg SLc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qATP3BDg SLc

15. Taking Action too Late “ They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for me, and by that time, no one was left to speak up.” Martin Neimoeller, German Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi activist who spent eight years in a concentration camp.

16. Thinking about Neimoeller’s Words What is Neimoeller saying about why some people failed to take action? Does Neimoeller sound critical or not? What makes you say this? How might people who failed to take action have felt when they became aware of the Holocaust? What lessons can be learned from this failure to take action? From the Holocaust?

17. Burning Jewish Synagogue

18. Appeasement as a Response to Ultranationalism Read pages 161-163 Do you agree with Neville Chamberlain’s response because no one could have known at the time what Germany really intended and the countries affected were far away and none of Britain’s concern? Or would you have supported Winston Churchill because appeasement only allowed Germany to become stronger — and it still led to war?

19. Expansion of Germany 1933-1939

20. Italian invasion of Abyssinia How do you respond to the information that Italy sprayed poison gas on women, children, animals, and the environment in Ethiopia?

21. Haile Selassie League of Nations Speech – 1936 Ethiopian Victim of Extreme Nationalism

22. Censorship and Protection Do you feel that children should be protected from certain ideas? From some images? What can happen if people are exposed to controversial materials? Should governments be able to decide what to ban? Should school boards? Should parents?

23. Create a Venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between Italian, Japanese and German ultranationalism

24. Venn Diagram

25. Responses to Ultranationalism ResponseExplanation for Response Advantages and Disadvantages of Response Do nothingSometimes fear, apathy, or ignorance can lead people to respond to ultranationalism by doing nothing. Advantage — You may be able to remain “invisible” and therefore safe. Disadvantage — Others may suffer and feel abandoned by their friends and neighbours. Appeasement Ask an international body for help War: Total war Conscription in Canada Internment in Canada Peacekeeping

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