Do Now

1. Do Now • A couple of your friends get into a fight. You do not want to join in for a variety of reasons. There is a large stick on the ground, and you decide to hand it to your friend… • 1) Have you now joined the fight? • 2) How will the other person perceive you now?

2. Teaching Point • If you lend weapons during war but don’t fight, are you still joining the war?

3. Vocabulary • Lend – To give or allow the use of temporarily. • Ex) If I lend you a pencil, I expect that you will give it back. • Lease - a contract by which an owner rents buildings or land to another person for a specified period. • Ex) I signed a lease to rent my apartment, because someone else owns it.

4. The Lend-Lease Act • Under the Lend-Lease Act, the United States provided weapons to their allies. • In World War II the United States provided $50 Billion in lend-lease aid to their allies.

8. Learning Activity • Read page 228 in your textbook • Then in your groups, create a list of 5 pros and 5 cons of the Lend Lease act.

9. 1 2 3 4 5 If the United States wanted to stay out of war, was the lend-lease act a smart decision? 1 2 3 4 5 What do you think will be the reaction of Germany and its allies when they learn of the lend-lease act? Pros of the Lend Cons of the Lend Lease Act Lease Act

10. Homework • Draw a political cartoon that represents the lend-lease act. Be creative. • Write a one page reflection about what you have learned today.