Was Appeasement a mistake?

This Causes of World War II lesson investigates whether the British policy of Appeasement in the 1930s was a mistake. Students will analyse reasons for it being the right policy to follow and for it being a mistake. Students will take the opinions of David Low, Chamberlain and Churchill into consideration also by looking at quotes, sources and a video.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including:

• a settler Do Now activity
• clip questions/activities
• source analysis
• an information sheet with activities
• mini-plenaries
• a consolidation written question
• a plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

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