PREMISES: What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919–1923 and the failures of the League of Nations?
MENTALITY: What was the impact of nationalism and militarism of Germany, Italy and Japan?
NAZI-FACTOR: How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939?
APPEASEMENT: Was the policy of appeasement justified?
BIG-PICTURE WW2: quadro generale della WW2
BATTLEFIELDS WW2: fronts and technologies
Task: National Archives
To go deeper: History 3 WW2 https://sites.google.com/scuole.provincia.tn.it/history3/us-4-ww2?authuser=0
guerra totale
guerra di distruzione
blietzkrieg / terra bruciata
 WW2 - BBC History Dossier.pdf
WW2 - BBC History Dossier.pdf History_of_War_40_-_2017_UK Blietzkrieg.pdf
History_of_War_40_-_2017_UK Blietzkrieg.pdfLESSON - la pace che non ferma la conflittualità (politica)
PREMISE: Were the peace treaties of 1919–1923 fair?
WHAT ? basta vincere le battaglie per vincere la guerra? si può vincere la guerra e perdere la pace? è vero, come sostengono alcuni storici, che le premesse della WW2 furono gettate nei trattati di pace post WW1?
video "Make Germany Pay 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG6U9lcPnAw&has_verified=1 10 min
WHY? Treaty of Versailles
studiate le slide-testo qui sotto. Focus: slide n. 16 con i punti punitivi verso la Germania.
ACTIVITY - Big Three confrontation
Task in Classroom - work in groups of 4: see doc "Big Three confrontation - end WW1 task" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bEn3RhTANJLiDLe_R7MHRf0f-vM5FCN1x1YEc6BkEKU/edit?usp=sharing
> In the Toolkit "Peace&Conflicts" go interpersonal and complete the task about "Negotiation" in https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oSZVarv7JgTWZos6Ylsi44R6phGRgSfe :a) define what a negotiation is and involvesb) apply it to the simulation "The Orange".> Now go international and historical, applying the same reasoning and tools to WW1 (see website https://sites.google.com/liceosteam.it/history-1/m3-ww1):a) altogether watch the video-cartoon "The Treaty of Versailles, What Did the Big Three Want? 1/2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYhLNQMRro b) each group personify 4 different points of view: USA, France, Britain, Germanyb) read the beginning (slide n. 1-5) and the specific parts according to your point of view, in the doc https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HBwwJfHxImb_M6HjOU9DBNTE27U4kw_EZ6zUuWq7Ado/edit?usp=sharing WW1 were the peace treaty fair' - Big Three role-playing.pdf
WW1 were the peace treaty fair' - Big Three role-playing.pdfPROBLEM-SETTING: are WW1 and WW2 the same long "European 30 years war of XXth Century?
WHY? Come è possibile che dopo 20 anni si è tornati alla medesima situazione bellica che portò gli europei alla catastrofe? non impariamo nulla dalla storia? o avevamo vinto la guerra ma perso la pace?
Key questions: cfr. slide-testo https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vzN9R1i_JI2UQj53YRZsO-U8Z54-LyiWWBDJjg0gAK0/edit?usp=sharing
- What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919–1923?- What were the consequences of the failures of the League in the 1930s?- How far was Hitler's foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939?- Was the policy of appeasement justified?- How important was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?- Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany in September 1939?Topic: the impact of the treaty on German, British and French public opinion, 1919-1934
Task: analysis of cases of failure of international agreements
Extra: video "Make Germany Pay 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yc2xITl4s 10 min
Topic: the growing strength of Germany, Italy and Japan during 1930-1940
Task: question "What similarities and differences are there between Germany, Italy and Japan in the 1930s?"
Topic: Nazi-expansion/aggression to Europe, 1936-1939 - the 4 steps of Hitler's foreign policy
Task: question "Was Hitler a planner or an opportunist?"
Topic: Munich Conference, 1938
Task: Pro/Con role-debating about appeasement - let's take a side and debate! > Kialo
https://www.kialo-edu.com/p/003a301a-e78c-4715-946e-3b81a1f0dc7c/5911Video: "Munich Pact - 1938 | Today In History | 30 Sept 17" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4o7ya9PtDM 3 min (al min 1,40-1,55 discorso di Chamberlain)
Extra: "Apocalypse the Second World War - 1/6. The Aggression" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fRTjQ4RC_U&list=PLez3PPtnpncQSyc9w8GF4ezvYykEmq0VKTopic: Molotov-Ribbentropp Pact, 1939
Task: simulation "What if Hitler had (or hadn't) been stopped?"
Extra: video "What If Hitler Had Won?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDqmA5EuUI 3 min
LESSON - main phases and key-events
WHAT ? problem-setting
slide sotto + lesson Treccani: http://inclasse.treccaniscuola.it/lesson/1415#La_Seconda_guerra_mondiale
Rai Storia https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/1939-1945laiiguerramondiale di Paolo Mieli e Carlo Lucarelli - anche in DVD; in particolare puntate:
HOW ? key decisions, turning points and outcomes
slide CLIL with task, applying the SID approach
ACTIVITY - why is WW2 it so important 70 years later?
WHY ? inquiry-based learning: divisi in coppie, finire task e presentare esiti
task CLIL TED ED crash-course "World War II: Why is it so important 70 years later?" http://ed.ted.com/featured/mVrNQEvp - 1 h + 1 h Homework
video CLIL "WW2 in colour" qui sotto: Operazione Barbarossa, v. min 0-7 la scommessa hitleriana + min 18-24 fango e neve difendono i russi + min 32,10-36,25 assedio Stalingrado
TO SUM UP... reviewing - 10 min: what were the key-decisions? what the turning-points?
LESSON - WW2 geopolitics
WHAT ? problem-setting: geopolitica di guerra
Atlante in CLIL: mappe interattive commentate da National Archive:
a) Europa ovest 1939-1942 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/western-europe/1939/ e 1943-1945 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/western-europe/1942/ b) Europa est http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/eastern-europe/1939/ e 1943-1945 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/eastern-europe/1942/ c) Mediterraneo e Nord Africa 1940-1943 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/mediterranean/1939/index.htm d) Atlantico 1939-1942 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/atlantic/1939/index.htm e 1943-1945 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/atlantic/1942/ e) Asia 1939-1945 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/asia/1939/index.htm f) Pacifico 1939-1945 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/pacific/1939/index.htmACTIVITY - Battlefields
WHY ? Task - Theatres and Dilemmas of WW2 Lessonplan https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BoYj7nbvV8zQN2e2s6tR10oq07Ml4jzI7Juv8rfQ2e4/edit?usp=sharing - 2 h a scuola e 1 h homework; teatri e dilemmi scelti: link generale con mappe interattive commentate http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/default.htm
National Archieves: activity online
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bze6qWGzKSjTbDVkbW45QjFsdFU/view (alternativa: the National WW2 Museum New Orleans lessonplan https://www.ww2classroom.org/search?q=search&subjects=1 )Main theatres and operations:
> Western Europe - Battle of Britain > Eastern Europe - Bombing the Camps > Eastern Europe - Stalingrad (or Ukraine) > Africa-Mediterraneo - Montgomery > Africa-Mediterraneo - Allied Invasion > Asia - Singapore > Pacific - Pearl Harbour + Iwo JimaConsultate il WebDoc Rai SHOAH http://www.cultura.rai.it/webdoc-shoah/index.html#welcome
Ulisse di Alberto Angela: "Hiroshima 05" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98M6tdkDN6c dal min 7,30 + "Hiroshima 06" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6dlxaLnW8Y&t=5s min 0-8 e 20,40-29,10 + "Hiroshima dopo lo scoppio" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFcvzNPKE8 min 0-6,06
A partire da lezione condivisa con prof. Marco Nicolini su "Da von Braun alla Nasa", individuare altri contributi scientifici che gli americani hanno derivato dai tedeschi o comunque da emigranti europei prima e dopo WW2.
miniserie Netflix documentaristica Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
lista di film su WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_films e https://medium.com/@terryjohnpaul20/best-world-war-ii-movies-15fd4d642c91, in particolare:
Salvate il soldato Ryan, su sbarco alleato in Normandia l'estate del 1944
Stalingrado, sull'assedio nazista alla città russa, che portò alla più grandfe perdita di vite umane assieme a Verdun della WW1
Unbroken, incredibile storia di sopravvivenza di un soldato italo-americano
Defiance, su alcuni ebrei che riuscirono a salvare connazionali dallo sterminio
Dunkirk, sul "miracolosa" evacuazione inglese a inizio guerra
Operazione Valkyrie e Missione Anthropoid su attentati a gerarchi nazisti (Hitler e Heydrich)
La grande fuga
Netflix: Operazione finale: sulla ricerca e cattura di Eichmann, responsabile SS ad Auschwitz