The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles

Please do not talk at this timeMarch 26/27 HW: Quiz on the end of WWI (Chpt and 13.4) on Monday Cornell Notes for 13.4 (Pg 107A) due Friday Project Work day on Tuesday Next Week!

What’s Due Next Week? ► WWI Project Essay ► WWI Research Log  For an A- Bibliography Format, more than 3 sources, complete log. ► WWI Product  PPT, Video, Diorama, Paper dolls, whatever you made to teach the class  JUST your Most Important info ► WWI Presentation  With Formal Dress (and note cards!)

11 a.m., November 11, 1918 The Great War is Over...

But the problems are just beginning... 9,000,000 Dead But the problems are just beginning... 9,000,000 Dead

The Somme American Cemetery, France 116,516 Americans Died

World War I Casualties Even those men who lived were horribly scarred, crippled or emotionally destroyed. Name 6 problems a country that loses 9 million people in 3 years will face?

Serious Economic Problems  Battles ruined crop land. Poisons left soil unfit to farm.  Civilians died from starvation and disease  Food Prices soared.  Other Costs of the war reached $338 billion.

Percentage (%) increase in the cost of food from

Tell your partner: Have you ever been blamed for something you didn’t do? What happened? How did you feel?

Treaty of Versailles APPARTS ► Please get a Treaty of Versailles handout (pg.108) and a Treaty of Versailles Reading

Treaty of Versailles We are going to read parts of the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty formally ended WWI. It was signed June 28 th, 1919 During discussion, make sure you add things that other groups talk about to your own paper. But first some vocab!

Key Vocabulary ► A Treaty is a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do or not do particular things ► A League is a group of countries that have joined together for a particular purpose. ► Reparations are amounts of money paid by one country to another for damages caused during the war. ► Vengeance is harming a person or country because they have harmed you. ► Collective Security means that an attack on one country would be considered an attack on all countries. Therefore, an attacking country would be opposed by Every Other County, making attack too dangerous an option to consider. ► Demilitarize is to take a country’s army away from them. All soldiers have to give up their weapons and go home.

As we go over the Treaty of Versailles, add to your APPARTS paper.

Who Really Wrote the Peace? Prime Minister Lloyd George of England Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy President Georges Clemenceau of France President Woodrow Wilson of the USA The Big Four

► ► 1. Who wrote the Treaty of Versailles? What countries were they from? ► ► 2. Who was NOT allowed to participate in writing the Treaty of Versailles? Why might this be an issue? ► ► 3. Territorial Changes: Who loses territories? Who gains territories? What group do all these countries belong to? Who is missing from this list? Why is that a problem? ► ► 4. Military Changes: What happens to Germany's military? What could other countries do to Germany? How do the Germans feel about this? How will this affect their choices in the future?

► ► 5. What does the War Guilt Clause say? ► ► 6. What was so bad about the War Guilt clause? Give me two reasons. ► ► 7. What is the League of Nations supposed to do? Who belongs to the League? Why won't a League of Nations like this work?

Please do not talk at this timeMarch 28 HW: End of WWI Quiz on Monday! Projects due Wed/Thursday NEXT WEEK! Please get out your Treaty of Versailles Questions Please get out 13.4 to be checked off.

To be collected Monday ► USA Joins WWI DBQ Questions (Pg 104A) ► Chart on Back (Pg 104B) ► BSQ Answer (pg 104C) ► Chapter 13.3 Cornell Notes ► Treaty of Versailles Questions (Pg 108) ► WWI Consequences (Pg 109)

What’s Due Next Week? ► WWI Project Essay With Rough Draft! ► WWI Research Log  For an A- Bibliography Format, more than 3 sources, complete log. ► WWI Product  PPT, Video, Diorama, Paper dolls, whatever you made to teach the class  JUST your Most Important info ► WWI Presentation  With Formal Dress (and note cards!)

► ► 5. What does the War Guilt Clause say? ► ► 6. What was so bad about the War Guilt clause? Give me two reasons. ► ► 7. What is the League of Nations supposed to do? Who belongs to the League? Why won't a League of Nations like this work?

What Kind of a Peace Was It? ► A Peace of Justice  Leaders of the Allies and the Central Powers met together at the Palace of Versailles  President Wilson’s 14 Points supported self determination and called for a Peace Without Victory. ► Peace of Vengeance  Italy and Britain wanted more territory  France wanted to punish Germany.

In the End… ► loses all her colonies. ► loses the Saar Valley where all her best mines are for 15 years. ► loses the Alsace and Lorraine regions to France. ► citizens lose their property abroad. ► must disband all its armed forces. No army, navy or air force and no merchant marine. ► is charged $32 billion in war reparations which they must pay to the Allies. ► is blamed for the WHOLE war. They sign a Guilt Clause that claims they were responsible for all the deaths and losses and pain and suffering of the war. Germany…

Other WWI Treaties Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - (March 3, 1918) Conditions of an Armistice with Germany (signed November 11, 1918) The Peace Treaty of Versailles- The Allies (except the US) and Germany (signed June 28, 1919) Treaty of Neuilly- The Allies and Bulgaria (November 27, 1919) Treaty of Trianon- The Allies and Hungary (signed June 4, 1920) US Peace Treaties with Austria, Hungary and Germany (August, 1921) Treaty of Lausanne- The Allies (except the US) and Turkey (July 24, 1923)

And more Treaties… League of Nations Protocol- Established the League of Nations (1920) Washington Conference Establishing a Commission of Jurists to Consider Laws of War (February 4, 1922) Washington Treaty in Relation to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare (February 6, 1922) San Remo Convention- Gives control of Palestine to Britain (24 July, 1922) Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of Poisonous Gases and Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (June 17, 1925) Treaty Providing for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy - Signed by nearly every country in the war. (Kellogg-Briand Pact) (August 27, 1928)

► Read the first side of this handout out loud with your partner ► Trade off sentences and bullet points! ► Then fill out the parts on the back~ Consequences of WWI- Please get a Consequences of WWI Handout (Pg 109 A/B)

► What was the most horrifying thing you read? ► What was the most surprising? ► What do you think had the biggest impact on the future?

Get Three Colors- Pens, Highlighters or pencils… ► Now color code the information in your reading: ► Social- ► Political- ► Economic-

Categorizing Events in History! Social People Religion Education Culture Music Media Language Role in Society Political Government Leaders Laws Voting Type of Gov. War Fighting Weapons Economic Money Depressions Trade Economic collapse/ Bankruptcy Economic system Capitalism Communism Taxes Resources

Please do not talk at this timeMarch 31 HW: Project Work Day Tuesday! Projects due Wed/Thursday Please take a moment to review for your test. Turn in: ► USA Joins WWI DBQ Questions (Pg 105A) ► Chart on Back (Pg 105B) ► BSQ Answer (pg 105C) ► Treaty of Versailles Questions (Pg 108) ► WWI Consequences (Pg 109)

End of WWI Quiz

When you are done with this test… ► Please get out your WWI Project packet. ► Take some time to look at what you need for YOUR project. ► Read ALL the Words. ► Underline and Specific Items you find. ► Then look at the two Rubrics I will use to grade your work.

► USA Joins WWI DBQ Questions (Pg 104A) ► Chart on Back (Pg 104B) ► BSQ Answer (pg 104C) ► End of WWI Notes and VWM (pg 106) ► Chapter 13.4 Notes (Pg 107) ► Treaty of Versailles Questions (Pg 108) ► WWI Consequences (Pg 109)