1. World War II

2. What factors helped them come to power?
Review
Who were the dictators?
What factors helped them come to power?
What did they do once in power?

3. Road to War: Aggression and Appeasement
Mizell, Year II, Humanities

4. EQ: How did Aggression and Appeasement help lead to WWII?

5. Background League of Nations was weak
U.S. did not join
Britain and France want to avoid war
Depression – people look for new leadership
Rise of fascism and communism
In Germany, Hitler and Nazis desire lebensraum (living space for the German people)

6. Aggression of the 1930s by the dictators

7. 1931 – Japan invades Manchuria

8. 1935 – Mussolini takes over Ethiopia

9. 1935 – Hitler ignores Treaty of Versailles and builds up German military

10. 1936 – Hitler occupies the Rhineland (area between France and Germany)

11. 1937 – Japan invades China

12. 1938 – Hitler annexes Austria

13. 1938 – Hitler wants the Sudetenland (area of Czechoslokvia)

14. Munich Conference – meeting between great powers
Munich Conference – meeting between great powers. Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain agrees to let Hitler have the Sudetenland to avoid war. Hitler agrees not to invade the rest of Czechoslakvia
This is an example of appeasement

15. 1939 – Hitler seizes the rest of Czechoslovakia
1939 – Mussolini conquers Albania

16. What does Appeasement prove to the Dictators?
They can continue to be aggressive because the other countries want to avoid war
The countries of the U.S., France, and Great Britain must be weak
The League of Nations has no power

17. Fill in first five vocab boxes
Totalitarianism – government control over every aspect of private and public life
Dictator – a leader with absolute power and no restrictions
Communism – economic system where everything is owned by the public; no private property
Fascism – belief that promotes extreme nationalism and militarism with a dictator
Command Economy – economy where the government makes all decisions

18. EQ: What were the major events in the early years of the war and how did they impact the war?

19. The Beginning of WWII: Invasion of Poland
Hitler unleashes the German Army on Poland [Sept 1, 1939]
Uses blitzkrieg (lightening war)
Use fast moving planes and tanks which were followed by mass infantry
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

21. The Phony War
Britain and France mobilize their armies in France and wait for the Germans
While they wait, Hitler conquers Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Holland in May 1940.

22. Invasion of France
German Army cuts through heavy Ardennes Forest and surprises the French
France surrenders in one month to Germany
Lets Southern France (Vichy France) be an ally of Germany

24. Battle of Britain July – Oct 1940 Britain stands alone to face Hitler
Benefit – Britain is an island nation
Hitler’s Plan is to destroy British air force so Germany can invade across the English Channel

25. Hitler’s Mistake
Luftwaffe vs RAF -
Hitler makes 1st major mistake: In Sept, he orders the Luftwaffe to target British cities and not the airfields
Also, British had radar so they could spot German planes
1st German defeat of the war

30. Importance of the Battle of Britain
Proved that Hitler and Germany were not invincible
Hitler loses large number of pilots and planes
Hitler now looks to the east – the Soviet Union
Britain will serve as a base for Allied troops

31. Work on Vocab sheet
Depression Nazism Purge Scapegoat Inflation

32. How and why did U.S. involvement in WWII change?
Essential Question
How and why did U.S. involvement in WWII change?

33. America Remains Neutral at First
Why?
United States is still in the Depression
Saw WWI as a mistake so want to stay out of Europe
What does the U.S. do to stay out?
Pass the Neutrality Acts – banned U.S. loans and sale of weapons to countries at war

34. America Moves Closer to War
1.Places an embargo on Japan after they invade China (not sell them resources/oil)
2. U.S. Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act where the Allies could buy arms from the U.S. but must use own ships
3. U.S. Navy protects allied cargo ships against German U-boats
4. Japanese Expansion
Expanding into the Pacific but the U.S. is there too
Plan: Need a knock-out blow to keep U.S. out of the war

36. Surprise Attack at Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack U.S. naval base/fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941

38. Dec 7, 1941

40. Aftermath 2,500 killed, several battleships sunk
U.S. declares war on Japan and enters WWII

41. Doolittle Raid U.S. launches bombers from carriers and bombs Tokyo
Shows Japan that the U.S. will not back down
Morale boost for Americans

43. "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.“ ~Yamamoto

44. U.S. Mobilizes
People are needed in the army and factories – ends Depression
FDR wants the U.S. to become an “Arsenal for Democracy”
By 1944, US production was double what all the Axis Powers produced combined

45. Propaganda During WWII
Propaganda During WWII
EQ: What is propaganda and how did countries use it to support the war?

46. What is Propaganda?
Material spread to support a cause or damage an opponent’s cause

51. Propaganda Contains… Slogans Implied messages
Graphics (people, flags, symbols, etc…)
Targeted Audience and Purpose
Women or men to work to support the war
Men to enlist in the army
Children who need to be protected
Resources (food, oil, rubber, money) to save for the army
Enemies – why we hate them/ fight them
Why we are fighting (freedom)

52. “Rosie the Riveter” Slogan? Describe the poster Targeted audience?
What is the purpose/implied message?
How can women help the war effort?
Emotions conveyed?

53. “Don’t Ride Alone” Slogan? Describe the poster Targeted audience?
What is the purpose/implied message?
How can you help the war effort?
What emotions are conveyed?

54. Group Activity (Participation Grade)
I will place you in groups of 3-4
Each group will receive one propaganda poster of WWII
You will have a few minutes as a group to describe and analyze it
You will present you description and analysis to the class
Slogans, poster description, targeted audience
What is the implied message/purpose?
How does it help the war effort?
Emotion(s) conveyed

65. Propaganda

76. Design own Propaganda Poster
Create your own propaganda poster
Your posters should include pictures, a slogan/title, purpose/implied message, symbols/graphics, targeted audience, and be colored
At the bottom of the paper, explain your poster in 5-8 sentences
What is its purpose/theme, who is the targeted audience, how will it lend support to the war effort, what emotions are conveyed by the poster, and does your poster glamorize or vilify the war? Explain

77. Here is where you write your description and analysis of the poster.

78. Rubric
0-1 pts
2-3 pts
4-5pts
Picture
Picture is not complete and not colored. Does not relate to WWII
Picture is complete but not colored. Relates to WWII
Picture is complete and fully colored. Relates to WWII
Content: Description and Analysis
Lacks an adequate description or analysis of the poster.
Basic analysis and description. Some parts may be missing. (see box to the right)
5 or more sentences with a thorough description and analysis of the picture. Not missing any components such as implied message, audience, significant symbols, emotions conveyed, etc…
Organization
Less than 5 sentences
5-6 sentences
7-8 sentences
Total: ___/15 points