World War 2 - Origins of WWII

bjective

• Explain the major events in the early years of WWII
  
• Analyze the speeches of Winston Churchill during WWII
  

Agenda

1. Warm-up #33: "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
   
1. Lyrics
   
1. What political statement does this song make about revolutions?
2. How does this song relate to the "Anatomy of a Revolution" theory about the results of the French and Russian revolutions?
   
2. Life in the USSR
1. Worksheet
2. Primary Source: Jokes about the Soviet System by Russians
3. Discussion
3. Start of WW2
1. Early Aggression
2. Poland
3. France
4. Britain
   
4. Churchill's Speeches
1. "Fight on the beaches"
2. "Their finest hour"
   
3. "Never have so many"