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Understanding Appeasement: Lessons from Munich Agreement and German Aggression

Dive into the historical significance of appeasement through a review of documents and discussions on Nazi aggression and the Munich Agreement of 1938. Analyze perspectives, develop hypotheses, and discuss the effectiveness of appeasement in English foreign policy.

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Understanding Appeasement: Lessons from Munich Agreement and German Aggression

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  1. World History/ Geo May ______,2015 Warm Up: What is appeasement? Have you ever heard this word before? Where? If not, take a guess!

  2. German Rearmament Review of German Troops, 1939

  3. German Aggression German Aggression 1936-1939

  4. The Munich Agreement Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Agreement

  5. Further German Aggression Polish city of Wieluń after German bombing September 1, 1939

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 appeasement was the right policy for England in 1938?

  9. Exit: Was appeasement the right policy for England in 1938?

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