Lesson 4

Lesson: Germanys Path to War (Part 3)

Objective: Students will be able to explain the actions Hitler took that led Germany to war.
They will also be able to explain what Britain and France did in response to Hitlers actions,
particularly the policy of appeasement. Students will work on and finish their storyboards
depicting Germanys path to war.
Common Core Standards:
10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources,
attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide
an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
10.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier
events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
10.7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative
analysis in print or digital text.
Materials: Storyboard planning sheet, pencils/pens, tablets, ComicMaker HD app
Directions: Explain that by the end of the period, students should be finished with their
storyboards. Each oneshould be in color. They are creating them on the ComicMaker HD
app. The pictures and captions should clearly tell the history of Germanys path to war.
Each pair of students is responsible for one storyboard, but each student has to turn in his
or her own storyboard planning sheet (though they will be nearly identical within each
pair). Whatever is not finished in class today is to be finished at home, because they are
due tomorrow. Tell students that tomorrow they will be presenting their storyboards to
the class. Make your way around the classroom throughout the period, making sure
students are on task and making progress.