1. JANUARY 7 TH This day in History: 1912: US marines invade Honduras Learning Target: I can understand the United States’ involvement in World War 2 before 1941. Opener: Brainstorm: What do you know about the United States involvement in WW2 before the U.S. entered the fighting?

2. HITLER’S AGGRESSION From 1936-1938, Hitler took over: Part of France Austria Czechoslovakia Britain and France make alliance with Poland Hitler’s next target

3. NAZI-SOVIET PACT Hitler signs Pact with Soviet Union to invade Poland together and not fight each other Stalin not ready to fight Germany

4. INVASION OF POLAND September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland Britain and France declare war

5. INVASION OF FRANCE AND BATTLE OF BRITAIN May 1940: Germany invaded France Conquered it in a month July 1940: Germany launches massive bombing campaign against Britain Battle of Britain Fails

6. INVASION OF SOVIET UNION After failure against Britain, Hitler turned to Soviet Union Invaded in June 1941 Surprise attack

7. AXIS V. ALLIES By Summer 1941: Germany & Italy (Axis) fighting Britain & Soviet Union (Allies) France conquered by Germany

8. DEBATE OVER INVOLVEMENT British tried to get the U.S. involved Led by Winston Churchill Americans focused on its own stuff Still dealing with Great Depression Thought WW1 had been a mistake

9. NEUTRALITY Congress passed Neutrality Acts 1935, 1936, 1937 Keep Americans from selling stuff to combatants

10. MOVES TOWARDS INVOLVEMENT FDR favored Allies, wanted to help them 1939: Congress passed Neutrality Act that allows combatants to buy American goods “Cash-and-carry”

11. MOVES TOWARDS INVOLVEMENT After fall of France, Britain only one left fighting Axis Report from London Blitz turned many against Germans

12. LEND-LEASE FDR pushed Congress to pass Lend-Lease Act in 1941 Allowed US to sell, lend or give weapons to Allies Included Soviet Union By end of war, US gave $40 billion under Act

13. US AND JAPAN US concerned over Japanese expansion and alliance with Germany Fear attack on Philippines 1940: U.S. declared embargo 1941: Japan began negotiation with U.S. to end embargo

14. BIG IDEAS The United States remained officially neutral for the first two years of World War 2. The United States supported the Allies by selling them war material before the U.S. entered the war. By the end of 1941, the United States was on the brink of war.

15. Body Paragraph Structure Topic Sentence Evidence #1 Evidence from document, with sourcing! Commentary connecting evidence to topic sentence Evidence #2 Evidence #3 Concluding sentence WRITING TASK Evidence Cluster

16. Usually two sentences Can be longer if more commentary is needed to explain the evidence Evidence ALWAYS sourced (“As Hitler said in a speech, …” or “In a speech, Hitler stated….”) Commentary Explains evidence How does it connect to your topic sentence? How does it prove your point? EVIDENCE CLUSTER

17. WRITING TASK Write a topic sentence and one evidence cluster for a paragraph answering the question: Why did FDR argue that Lend Lease was necessary?

18. CLOSURE Predict: What pushed the United States into WW2?