Do Now

1) What is a dictator?2) How was Hitler able to get

into power?

Reminders

• Friday is the last Day of Term III- all make-ups must be completed BEFORE FRIDAY!

9.2- German Aggression

• March 1938- Hitler announced the Anshluss, or unification, of Austria and Germany.

• Hitler claimed the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia with a large German-speaking population.

• Czechs strongly resisted Germany’s demands.

Appeasement

• France, the Soviet Union, and Britain threatened to fight Germany if they attacked Czechoslovakia.

• September 29, 1938- Munich Conference- Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands in a policy known as appeasement.

• March 1939- Germany sent troops into Czechoslovakia and controlled their lands.

German Aggression

• Hitler then demanded the return of Poland’s Baltic Sea port.

• He also demanded a highway and railroad across Poland.

• The demands convinced the British and French that appeasement had failed.

Germany invaded Poland

• May 1939- Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland.• August 23, 1939- Germany and the USSR signed a

nonaggression treaty- secretly dividing Poland• September 1, 1939- Germany and the USSR

invaded Poland.• September 3, 1939- Britain and France declared

war on Germany- starting World War II.

Guided Practice

• Effects of German Aggression

Guided Practice

• 1) Complete the mapping activity.• 2) Mini-Paragraph

Mini-Paragraph

• What surprised you most about German aggression in Europe?

• I was surprised by…• I learned that…• I did not expect…• Lastly…

Homework

• All make-up work must be completed by FRIDAY!

• Friday is the last day of Term III.

Exit Ticket

• 1) Why did Germany expand its’ territory?• 2) Do you think appeasement

was a good strategy?