Transcript Do Now: Make a 3 Column list in your notebook: 1. Things you KNOW… 2.

Do Now: Make a 3 Column list in your
notebook:
1. Things you KNOW…
2. Things you’ve LEARNED…
3. Things you WANT TO KNOW…
About World War II
Agenda:
1. Intro to World War II
2. Countries involved
3. Map Work
Objectives
• Students will be able to...
(1)analyze a map for key information
(2)identify the major countries involved in
WWII
Homework: Read & Take Notes on “Rise of
Dictators” section of Chapter 24, Section 1
Do Now: In a couple sentences, what is the
message of the image below?
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
(1) describe Hitler's rise to power
(2) analyze visuals for key information
Homework: Read and take notes on the article
posted on the website. (If it doesn’t work or you can’t
find it, research your own article on Hitler’s Rise to
power and take notes)
New Deal
• The New Deal maintained a Democratic system of
Government in a world threatened by
TOTALITARIANISM
• Totalitarianism: Form of Government in which the
political authority exercises absolute and
centralized control over all aspects of life
Looking back…
• Germany was greatly weakened:
o Treaty of Versailles
o Inflation of 1920’s
o Great Depression
o Lost land once part of Germany
• Treaty of Versailles:
o War-Guilt
o Limited Army
o 132 Billion in Reparations
Inflation…
• Hey, lets print $$$$$ because we have none!
• 1914: 4 Marks to US Dollar
• 1923: 1 Trillion Marks to US Dollar
Great Depression in
Germany
• Europe spent so much $$$$ in WWI that depression
hit…
• Factories, cities, infrastructure destroyed
• Millions lost jobs and went homeless and hungry
Territories Lost
• Loss of Poland was greatest resentment…
What was the response?
• Cannot be trivialized…
• These issues made people desperate for change:
o They were willing to give up some rights and
freedoms in order to get out of the chaos
• Enter Hitler and the Nazi Party…
What is a scapegoat?
• What are they for?
• How do they make
others feel?
• Are they created?
German Response:
• Hitler blamed the Jews
(Slavs and Gypsies) for
German problems
• Wanted to enforce
racial “purification” –
Master Race (Aryans)
• Wanted more
“Lebensraum” – Living
Space
• Promised to bring
Germany back to the
glory days
Major Events in His
Rise…
• Started National Socialist German Workers Party
(NAZI)
• Beer Hall Putsch (1923)
• Sent to Jail – Mein Kempf
• Seized power politically (1932- Largest Party in
Reichstag)
• Appointed Chancellor so they could “Control” him
• 1934 – Given absolute power by government
officials (Third Reich Established)
Propaganda
Machine…
Led By
Heinrich
Himmler
No one will go hungry! No one will
be cold. Support the Nazi Party
• Health, child protection,
fighting poverty, aiding
travellers, community,
helping mothers: These
are the tasks of the
National Socialist
People’s Charity. Become
a member!
• Before: Unemployment,
hopelessness, desolation,
strikes, lockouts.
• Today: Work, joy,
discipline, comaradarie.
Give the Führer your
vote!”
Hitler’s Rise to Power…
• As you watch the clip, I want you to make a list of
major events that led to him taking control of
Germany…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNConq5SLWY
Do Now: Define
Nationalism
Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) define fascism
and nationalism (2) describe the rise to power of a
chose dictator
Homework: Finish your Dictator profile
Nationalism
• Is it always a good thing?
• What are some examples of nationalism?
Totalitarianism
• Form of Government in which the political authority
exercises absolute and centralized control over all
aspects of life
What is Fascism?
• A kind of aggressive
nationalism and intense
patriotism
• Linked to racism and
cultural superiority
• State is more important
that individual
• Peace is weakness,
aggression is strength
Communism
• Every aspect of life is
controlled by the
government
(Education, religion,
marriage,
employment)
• No individual liberties
• People are equal and
wealth redistributed
• State owns all
production
Your Task…
• You each will choose one of the three major
dictators of the time (With the Exception of Hitler)
and create a profile for that person.
• Your profile must include:
o Their political ideologies
o Events that led to their power
o Some personal information
• Use the book, as well as the article Mr. Collison
provides
• Find one more source on your own at home.
Do Now: Brainstorm 3 questions you
could ask a classmate who created the
profile for another Dictator that
would get you the important info
Objectives: Students will be able to...(1) portray key
information from their leaders life (2) ask effective
questions and absorb key responses
Homework: None!
Benito Mussolini
• Preached a Fascist
government
• Linked to cultural
superiority and racism
• Nicknamed ‘Il Duce’
Italy & Mussolini
• Italy was hit with
Great Depression
• High unemployment
and inflation
• Mussolini knew how
to appeal to
wounded national
pride
• Played on the fears
of economic
collapse and
Communism
Mussolini
• To strengthen nation,
power must rest with
single strong leader and
small group of devoted
party members
• 1922 – Black shirts
marched on Rome
o King refused to declare
Martial Law and cabinet
resigned
• Had the support of
industrialists,
landowners, and Roman
Catholic Church
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
(Yes, that’s Joseph Stalin’s Real
Name…_
• Communist Leader
• Controlled EVERY
aspect of people’s lives
• Eliminated all
competition to him in
order to stay in power
Stalin
• Responsible for the deaths
of 8-13 Million people
o Collectivization: Turn individual
farms into larger collective farms
• Stalin wanted to transform
Soviet Union from
backwards rural nation
into a great industrial
power
Hideki Tojo (Japan)
• Japanese Leader
• Prime Minister at the time of
attack on Pearl Harbor
• Militaristic and Fascist
• GOAL: Expand Japanese
empire to get natural
resources
Japan
• In order to get resources,
they targeted Manchuria
• A group of Military
officers decided to
attack without permission
of the government
• Prime minister tried to
end war and negotiate,
but was assassinated
• Military was in control
Ticket to Leave
• In a paragraph, explain how the rise of
dictators threatened the world.
• Think about their ideas, political
ideologies, and actions they took to
gain power.