1. Warm-up # 7
While at your house your 2 friends get into a fight. As they are fighting they end up breaking your TV.
Who should pay for the damage?
Does it matter who started it?

2. Essential Questions
How did the Treaty of Versailles have lasting affects on the world?

3. Revolt in the East Russian troops revolt against officers
Leads to Communist Revolution in Russia

4. How does it end?
1917: US enters the war and helps Allies defeat Germany on the Western Front.

5. Consequences of the War
Europe lay in ruin
Over 9 million dead
Over 21 million injured
Flu epidemic spreads after killing 1 million more
Almost an entire generation of capable workers gone

7. Versailles Simulation
Step 1: Read “Treaty of Versailles Simulation” as a group to get background on the conference (4min).

8. What did the “Big Three” Want

9. Versailles Simulation
Step 2: Read the role sheet with you group and decide how you would vote on each of the suggested peace terms and why you would vote that way.

10. Versailles Simulation 10-12min
Let the Conference Begin….
The United States reads and explains the suggested peace term.
The group discusses the term in length, stating their opinion and trying to get other countries to vote with them.
When all have had a chance to speak, U.S. calls for a vote.
Each country gets 1 vote, even if there are two representatives in your group.
All record in the margin whether your group accepts of rejects the peace term.
Move on to the next term of the peace
agreement.
Germany can participate in the discussion but
does not get to vote.

11. Warm Up # 8
Do you feel that your opinions were reacted fairly during the simulation? I
What went well?
What was difficult?

12. Treaty of Versailles
Workbook pg. 17

13. Essential Questions
How did the Treaty of Versailles have lasting affects on the world?

14. 1. Germany had to accept total responsibility for starting the First World War. This was called the War Guilt Clause

15. 2. Germany had to pay 442 Billion in reparations to cover war damages and other Allied losses. These were called reparations.

16. 3. Germany had to hand over some 70,000 square kilometres of land.
This accounted for about 13% of all of her land and six million of her people who lived there.

17. The Changing Europe

18. 4. The German army was to have no more than 100,000 men and the navy was limited to 15,000 sailors.
There was to be no air force and no submarines.

19. 4. The German navy was only allowed 6 battleships and Germany was forbidden to buy any more weapons and other war material.

20. 5. An Allied Army was to occupy the Rhineland for a period of fifteen years.
No German troops were to be allowed into the occupation zone.

22. The Terms of the Treaty

23. The Treaty seemed to satisfy the "Big Three"
It made sure that Germany was too weak to start another European War, yet strong enough to help stop the spread of Communism.
It kept the French border with Germany safe from future German attacks.
It created the League of Nations. This would help promote peace and trade throughout the world.

24. Germans hated the Treaty
Especially the War Guilt clause.
Many Germans also thought the financial penalties that the treaty imposed upon their country and her people to be immoral and unjust.
The German Government officials that had agreed to the treaty became known as the "November Criminals“.
Many German citizens felt that they were now being punished for the mistakes of the Kaiser who started the war.

26. 100 Years of Europe