Grade Boundaries
19-20 – Grade 9
17-18- G8
14-16- G7
11-13- G6
9-10- G5
6-8 - G4
5- G3
4 – G2
3 – G1
3
Learning Objectives
- To consolidate our understanding of Hitler’s
aggressive foreign policy and the causes of
WWII
Success Criteria
- To get your target grade on your assessment
- It is an extended piece of writing,
demonstrating detailed knowledge and
understanding of the causes of WWII
Year 9
Revision Summer 2 Assessment
Hitler’s
actions
The
Depression
The policy of
appeasment
Problems
caused by the
peace
treaties
Why had international
Peace collapse by 1939?
Task: for each
factor explain how
the led to war in
1939. Ensure that
you include specific
knowledge and
references. Refer to
specific events i.e.
Sudeten crisis
The failure
of the League
of Nations
The Nazi
Soviet Pact
1939
Hitler’s actions:Continually flouted the Treaty of
Versailles e.g. Rearmament, Rhineland,
Anschluss, Sudetenland etc.
His aims? Could these be achieved
without war? Was war therefore
inevitable after 1933?
Did he have any deterrent? LON?
The policy of appeasement
What was appeasement?
How did it encourage Hitler?
Can you think of any specific
examples to support?
Are there any links with the
policy of appeasement and the
Great Depression?
Problems caused by the
Treaty?
Would Hitler have come to power
in the first place without the
Treaty of Versailles?
Did the Treaty guide Hitler’s
actions in the 1930s?
Why had
international
peace collapsed
by 1939?
Short term/trigger factors i.e.
Nazi Soviet Pact and Poland
How did the Nazi Soviet Pact
lead to the invasion of Poland and
how did that in turn lead to war?
Would these factors be an issue
without appeasement?