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Grade 5 Social Studies · World 5: Another World War · Level 47
Aggression Abroad
Describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 47
- Remember how angry many Germans were about the Treaty of Versailles? The Great Depression made things worse. In hard times, some people turned to rulers who promised easy answers.
- In Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party took power in 1933. Hitler became a dictator, a ruler with total power. Germany built a huge army and began taking its neighbors' land.
- In 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and Britain and France declared war. World War II had begun in Europe. Within a year, Germany had conquered France.
- In Asia, military leaders in Japan wanted oil, rubber, and land. Japan seized part of China in 1931, and invaded more of it in 1937.
- Germany, Italy, and Japan joined together as the Axis. Britain, then the Soviet Union, and others fought them as the Allies. Most Americans still hoped to stay out.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS5H4.a — Describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia.