Appeasement - Chamberlain & World War Two

Fully resourced: Students explore the arguments for and against Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement.

A 23 slide fully resourced and teacher created lesson including:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up: Students given a ‘playground’ scenario and asked what they would do if they saw a bully.
• Slide 3-4: Starter - Map of Europe - Students become familiar with the map of Europe and in particular of Germany after World War One by labelling a map of Europe from the time. Printable maps available with answers.
• Slide 5-6: Starter 2 - Germany after World War One. A gap fill activity for students to recap/learn how Germany was treated following the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Answers included.
• Slide 7: Background about attitudes to war in the early 1930s.
• Slide 8: Background about the policy of appeasement.
• Slide 9: Background about the Munich Agreement
• Slide 10: Background map outlining the actions of Hitler in Europe.
• Slide 11-13: Task 1 - Knowledge check activities and printable worksheets. Differentiated question sheets included.
• Slide 14-16: Task 2 - Students organise 12 arguments for and against appeasement. Answers and printable worksheet provided.
• Slide 17-18: Task 3 - Students analyse a satirical cartoon based on Hitler’s actions during the policy of appeasement. Includes printable worksheet.
• Slide 19: Summary challenge questions
• Slide 20: Learning Review - Students debate the arguments for and against which they have learned.
• Slide 21: A BONUS printable for and against worksheet.
• Slide 22: Maps
• Slide 23: More from RA Resources

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