**Build on your World War Two topic with Part 2 of The Beginning of WW2. Everything you need for this lesson is available in one resource. **

Designed to complement Part 1, this lesson continues the story by showing how the problems Germany faced after the First World War helped create the conditions for Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and Europe’s move towards war.

This resource helps pupils understand how Hitler gained support, became Germany’s leader and gradually expanded German territory. Pupils will explore the policy of appeasement and discover how the road to war eventually led Britain and France to declare war on Germany in September 1939.

This resource includes:

• Fully editable PowerPoint lesson.
• PDF version of the lesson.
• Road to War Sequencing Activity.
• Teacher answer sheet.
• QR code linking to the companion YouTube lesson.
• Discussion, retrieval and recap activities.
• Clear explanations suitable for classroom teaching.

Topics covered:

• Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.
• Why many Germans supported Hitler.
• Germany begins to rebuild its army.
• Germany takes over Austria.
• The policy of Appeasement.
• Germany takes over Sudetenland.
• Germany takes of Czechoslovakia.
• The invasion of Poland.
• Britain and France declare war on Germany.
• The beginning of the Second World War in Europe.

Suitable for: Ages 7 - 11, with additonal support for learners aged 11-14.

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