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The Causes of World War Two

Use the copy of the textbook below to complete the tasks in the PowerPoints:

The twentieth century world textbook

Lesson 1: Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to describe the views of each of the different leaders.

  2. Most will be able to explain what the final outcome of the treaty was.

  3. Some will be able to evaluate how Germany might have felt about the treaty.

Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?

Versailles Worksheet

WW2 Topic Sheet

Lesson 2: Rise of the Dictators

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to describe 3 features of a democracy and 3 features of a dictatorship.

  2. Most will be able to explain which countries became a dictatorship after WW1 and why?

Dictatorship

Card Sort

Lesson 3: The Rise of Hitler

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to describe three things Hitler and the Nazis believed in.

  2. Most will be able to explain why people supported the Nazis.

  3. Some will be able to evaluate the most important reason Hitler rose to power.

The Rise of Hitler

Hitler to power

Lesson 4: Hitler and War

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to describe Hitler's initial actions in Europe.

  2. Most will be able to explain and evaluate reasons why WW2 was Hitler’s fault and why it wasn’t Hitler’s fault.
     

Hitler and war

Road to War

Lesson 5: The League of Nations

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to describe what the League of Nations was.

  2. Most will be able to explain at least 2 weaknesses of the League of Nations and at least 1 reason why it was to blame for the war.

The League of Nations

Lesson 6: Could Britain have prevented the war?

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to describe what appeasement means.

  2. Most will be able to explain at least 2 arguments in favour of appeasement and at least 2 arguments against appeasement.

Could Britain have prevented war?

Appeasement Tasks

Appeasement Speeches

Lesson 7: Key Assessment

Lesson objectives:

  1. All will be able to match evidence to causes

  2. Most will be able to decide which cause was the most important.

  3. Some will be able to analyse the evidence to identify how some causes are linked.

Key Assessment

Evidence for Key Assessment

Venn Diagram

Essay Planning Sheet

Causes of WW2 Levels

Stanborough History Curriculum

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