By: JGHMT

Lesson 9
Lesson Title

Treaty of Versailles

California
State
Standards

10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.

1. Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, the
terms and influence of the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow
Wilsons Fourteen Points, and the causes and effects of the
United Statess rejection of the League of Nations on world
politics.
2. Describe the effects of the war and resulting peace treaties on
population movement, the international economy, and shifts in
the geographic and political borders of Europe and the Middle
East.
3. Understand the widespread disillusionment with prewar
institutions, authorities, and values that resulted in a void that
was later filled by totalitarians.
Objectives Students will analyze the peace treaties of the world war, in
particular the Treaty of the Versailles. Analyze the Paris Peace
Conference 1918 and discuss its implications and significance.
Students will be able to discuss how Germany was treated and
the implication the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany.
Students will discuss President Wilsons 14th Points success and
failure.
Introduction Have students write on the board what they know about the
/ Overview Treaty of Versailles and its implications.
Vocabulary/
Key Terms
Context

Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations,

mandates, Germany disarmament, New National boundaries,
Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Paris Peace Conference meant to end the war, reorder
Europe, and punish Germany. The outcome of the conference
eventually lead to problems and animosities leading to a second
war. Nevertheless, the Paris Peace Conference had many
implications around the world, in Germany and Middle East in
particular. The United States, Britain and France were the big
three. Main was to reorder Europe because four major empires
had disappeared. President Wilson wanted national selfdetermination but the League of Nations created mandates.
The Treaty of Versailles: The disarmament of Germany, Germany
losing colonies, limited to have a Navy and army, Germany was
blamed for the war and must pay for the cost of the war. Many
Germans will be angry at this result because they feel like they
didnt lost the war, all the fighting was in foreign soil.

By: JGHMT

Focal Ideas

Materials

Activities

Time
Assessment

Reflection/N
ext Lecture
Preview

Who were the world leaders at the Paris Peace Conference?

How the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany. Germany
disarmament, unable to join Austria, loss of colonies in the
Pacific.
What are the League of Nations mandates? What happened to
Democracy?
How was Europe after the war? What Empires collapsed? What
new states were created?
PowerPoint Presentation and Classroom Clickers
Medium size cards with dates, key events, days of the treaties,
declaration of war, major battles, and major world leaders.
End the class lecture with an activity, Human Timeline.
This will help summarize key events of the war from its
beginnings to the end. This aim to summarize the war and
provide a chronological knowledge to the students.
Students will be given a date or a quick summary of the
event/key term. They will be asked to stand up and move around
trying to match the event/key term with the date (or vice versa).
Once they have found the matching card, they will arrange in
chronological order and read their card to the rest of the
classroom.
50 Minutes Class Meeting
Using a clicker, students will complete pop quizzes (may include
extra credit points) during the lecture. This is aim to be as a poll
to make sure that the students are understanding the content
discuss. Students will talk to a peer next to them explaining
what the lecture was about at the beginning of the next class
meeting.
Human Timeline: This will help summarize key events of the war
from its beginnings to the end. This aim to summarize the war
and provide a chronological knowledge to the students.
Students will be asked to do a 3 minute quick write as a
reflection of what the lecture was about (it could be an outline,
simple sketch, key words, etc.)