TOPIC: Appeasement

Strategy Used: Gallery Walk/DBQ

Reading Level: 8th Grade
2/13/19
Spring 2019
8th Grade World History
Using Inferential Skills and Analyzing Documents
Learning Intention: Be able to connect appeasement to the rise of dictators in the interwar period
Success Criteria: I can explain how appeasement policies led to the rise of dictators in the
interwar period
Rationale: This Unit is about the period in between World War I and World War II and how and
why dictators came to power to lead to WWII.
Materials: Worksheet, various images and tape
Differentiation: For any pictures that did not print well we will project them on the board instead.
I can also extend the amount of time at each picture to allow for longer periods for students who
may need more time to analyze them.
Activities:
Instructor:
 First students have 10 minutes to finish up their trading cards from yesterday and turn
them in
 Then I will pass out the worksheet and explain the activity. Around the room are various
images. They will spread out and go from image to image in order to answer the
questions on the worksheet and eventually use the images to answer the essential
question, which is how did appeasement play a role in the rise of dictators leading up to
World War II?
 We will define appeasement together as a class first so that they have a basis of what they
are looking to define within the images
 After we work together as a class I will spread them out among the images and then
rotate them every few minutes or so and then give them time to go back to any they feel
they need more time with
 They can talk and work together when they are working at each station but once it’s time
to answer the final question they must work individually.
Students:
 Finish their trading cards and turn them in.
  Then participate in class discussion regarding appeasement
 Then work through the stations and the worksheet
 After they finish they need to turn in their worksheet
WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration and Reading are all present in this lesson
Evaluation/Assessment: The lesson will be successful if the students participate in the activity
and complete all of the questions by the end of the period. Their answers to the short answer
question at the end utilizing the images is an assessment of their understanding of appeasement
and its role in the rise of dictators.
Closing Activity: Give the students time to turn in their worksheets allow them to finish for
homework if necessary and then pack up to go to their next class.