1. End Four Minutes First Four
Label & date your paper.
Find your Major Themes Sheet
Write a thesis statement that answers a guiding question for the unit - #1, 2, or 4.
List supporting historical evidence.
Keep this with all of your other First Four work.
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2. Thesis Statement A thesis statement is… Three Characteristics
A road map for the paper. It tells the reader what to expect.
Your argument…not just a description or a restatement of the question.
Usually 2-3 sentences at start of paper
Three Characteristics
Directly answers the question
Makes an argument
Establishes clear categories – usually 3

3. Examples
See samples.
What adjustments/edits could you make to improve yours?

4. Review Nazi-Soviet Pact Skits/videos Why is this such a big deal?
Characters?
Why did it happen?
What was gained?
Why such a big deal?

5. Europe 1938

9. Why did the Second World War break out?
Hitler’s War
Why did the Second World War break out?

10. Activity Spiral Notebook – Label “Causes of WW II”
Based on what you know so far from the readings, class discussions, and activities, what do you think we’re the biggest causes of World War II. Make a list and be ready to justify it.

11. Goodbye Czechoslovakia
March 1939, Hitler invaded all of Czechoslovakia
Britain and France???

12. Poland
It is certain that within a few months not one Frenchman nor a single Englishmen will go to war for Poland
German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. May, 1939

13. Poland
Our enemies have men who are below average. No personalities. No masters. No men of action. Our enemies are little worms. I saw them at Munich. They will be too cowardly to attack. They won’t go beyond a blockade. My only worry is that Chamberlain or some other such pig of a fellow will come a the last moment with proposals.
Hitler, August 1939

14. What do each of the previous documents indicate about German predictions about the possibility of war?

15. The Minds of the West
Britain & France believed appeasement to be a failure
Chamberlain: “After this I cannot trust the Nazi leaders again.”
Britain & France said, “No more!” Promised to defend Poland.
Hitler assumed they were bluffing.

16. Hitler’s Surprised! Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.
September 3, 1939 Britain and France declared war. Hitler is SHOCKED.

17. Misjudgment
Why did Hitler not suspect invading Poland would lead to war?
Appeasement made him think B & F would not fight.
Advisors TOLD him B & F would not fight.
He overestimated the impact of his alliance with the USSR
He did not understand the motives of Western leaders.
Other nations ready to act – Canada, Australia, New Zealand

18. When I finished reading out the British ultimatum there was complete silence. Hitler sat immobile, gazing before him. After an interval, which seemed like an age, he turned to Ribbentrop. “What now?” asked Hitler with a savage look, as though implying that his foreign minister had misled him about England’s probable reaction.
P. Schmidt, Hitler’s interpreter.
What does this source tell us about Hitler’s prediction of Britain’s actions after Poland.

19. What is Hitler expressing in this source?
Why do they fight? They have nothing to gain? They have no definite objectives. We want nothing from Great Britain or France. I have not a single aspiration in the West. I want England to retain her Empire, and her command of the seas unimpaired.
Hitler, October 1939.
What is Hitler expressing in this source?

20. Assignment Analyzes the causes of World War II?
Based on our readings, discussions, and your understanding, answer the following on your own paper:
Analyzes the causes of World War II?
Write a thesis statement

21. Unit Review