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Pre-lesson activities

Pre-lesson activities

– movement games – small army training  – placement of state symbols on the world map  – Presentation 1  The teacher briefly presents the situation of Germany and the USA at the end of the First World War, as well as some of the situations that led to the outbreak of WW II  https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10599/Causes%20of%20WWII.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxfDu98VcQ  Suggestions for questions to discuss with students after watching the film:  – Would there have been a war if France had been more lenient with Germany?  How did Hitler’s rise to power influence the outbreak of World War II?  Formative assessment – part 1 https://learningapps.org/watch?v=piojfrpjj23  – Presentation 2  Introduction: The teacher talks to the students about the sequence of events from the beginning of WW II to the entry of the USA into the war.  Link https://youtu.be/HUqy-OQvVtI (start – 1.36)  (Each teacher can choose the events according to the children’s interests)  https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/interactive/interactive_files/WW2/index.html  (WW II Visual History)  Suggestions for questions to discuss with students after watching the film:  – what were the territories conquered by Germany until 1941? ; – how did Germany’s attack on the USSR influence the course of the war? ; – Was the entry of the USA into the war a necessary...

– movement games – small army training 

– placement of state symbols on the world map 

– Presentation 1 

The teacher briefly presents the situation of Germany and the USA at the end of the First World War, as well as some of the situations that led to the outbreak of WW II 

https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10599/Causes%20of%20WWII.pdf 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxfDu98VcQ 

Suggestions for questions to discuss with students after watching the film: 

– Would there have been a war if France had been more lenient with Germany? 

How did Hitler’s rise to power influence the outbreak of World War II? 

Formative assessment – part 1 https://learningapps.org/watch?v=piojfrpjj23 

– Presentation 2 

Introduction: The teacher talks to the students about the sequence of events from the beginning of WW II to the entry of the USA into the war. 

Link https://youtu.be/HUqy-OQvVtI (start – 1.36) 

(Each teacher can choose the events according to the children’s interests) 

https://www.abmc.gov/sites/default/files/interactive/interactive_files/WW2/index.html 

(WW II Visual History) 

Suggestions for questions to discuss with students after watching the film: 

– what were the territories conquered by Germany until 1941? ; – how did Germany’s attack on the USSR influence the course of the war? ; – Was the entry of the USA into the war a necessary event? 
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