1. Lesson 2a: We will learn about the policy of appeasement and how it allowed Hitler to gain control in Europe. Appease (verb) – the action of satisfying or appeasing someone to make them happy by giving into their demands instead of having to deal with them. Example: The parent appeased the child by giving him a cookie every time he cried and shouted. 1. Why did the parent give the child a cookie? 2. How is the parent giving the child a cookie an example of appeasement? 3. What is a possible consequence of the parent’s actions?

2. 1. Over three million Germans lived in Czechoslovakia in 1938. Hitler planned an attack to restore the “Sudetenland” to Germany. Prime Minister of England Neville Chamberlain made a trip to Germany. 2. Chamberlain, Daladier (France), Mussolini & Hitler signed the Munich Agreement giving the Sudetenland to Germany without a fight. 3. Chamberlain hoped this would make Hitler happy and avoid war. 4. Hitler still invaded Czechoslovakia and had his eyes set on Poland.

3. CCLS activity (RH.8.1-3) Open the text book to page 755 under the heading “Germany on the March” and complete the following tasks. 1.) Identify the sequence (steps) Hitler took to gain control of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. 2.) Provide an accurate summary of the reading, displaying your understanding of appeasement. 3.) Give an analysis of Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement; citing specific textual evidence from the reading.