World History Mid Term Project

Working alone or in groups of 2-3, you and your partners are going to develop a presentation (powerpoint, prezi, other) where you answer the following question: what caused World War II?

World War II was not caused by any one factor, but a series of factors. In your PowerPoint you are going to examine 8 of these factors telling me

1) a brief background of the event and
2) how this factor lead to World War II

Lastly, you are going to pick which factor you think was most important in causing World War II and why.

The topics included are:


The Peace Treaties after World War I
Failures of the League of Nations
Abyssinia
Manchuria
Stock Market Crash
The Depression
The Rise of Hitler
Hitler's Foreign Policy
Appeasement
Mussolini
The Rise of Fascism in Japan
The Rise of Fascism in Italy
United States Isolationism
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Fear of Communism

Each presentation should include: Group names, images, and a works cited page (minimum 12 slides).

You will be graded on:
1) Following Directions
2) using your own words (copy/pasting is dumb and you don't learn anything from it).
3) using appropriate sources and telling me where you got your work from and
4) effort


This is a big assignment (WORTH A TEST GRADE) and the LAST IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT IN THIS CLASS. YOU WANT TO PASS/GET A GOOD GRADE? SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT MY DUDE.