World History/ Geo

May ______,2015

Warm Up:
What is appeasement? Have you ever
heard this word before? Where? If not,
take a guess!
German Rearmament

2
Review of German Troops, 1939
German Aggression

3
German Aggression 1936-1939
The Munich Agreement

Chamberlain and Hitler at

the Munich Agreement
4
Further German Aggression

5
Polish city of Wieluń after German bombing September 1, 1939
Round 1:
• Analyze Documents A and B

• Answer the Guiding Questions

• Discuss answers with a shoulder partner

• Develop Hypothesis #1 on your Hypotheses

Sheet

• Be ready to share your hypotheses to the class 6

 Round 2:
• Read Documents C, D and E

• Answer the guiding questions with a partner

• Individually, develop Hypothesis #2

• Be ready to share your hypothesis with the

class
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Class Discussion
• Whose hypotheses changed from Round 1 to Round 2?
How and why?

• Which documents did you find the most persuasive?

Why?

• Which documents contained the strongest evidence?

Which documents needed more evidence to back the
authors’ claims?

• What other documents or types of evidence would you

need to explore to further address whether or not
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appeasement was the right policy for England in 1938?
 Exit:
Was appeasement the right
policy for England in 1938?