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Monday 3/13/17

Analyze Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points speech and the Treaty of Versailles, its impact, and aftermath of WWI. Explore main ideas and historical context. How realistic and idealistic were Wilson's ideas? Discuss the League of Nations.

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Monday 3/13/17

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  1. Monday 3/13/17 • Goal: to analyze Wilson’s Fourteen Points speech by listing main ideas. • Warm Up: What do you think a good, lasting treaty is meant to do? Explain, please write at least 4 lines. • UNIT TEST on FRIDAY! • Lost Battalion journals due today and tomorrow (per.6/8 and 9)

  2. Tuesday 3/13/17 Goal: to explain the Treaty of Versailles and its effect on all countries involved. Warm Up: Read independently page 197-199 in textbook. Answer the reading progress check, comparing and contrasting question (pg. 199). Please write at least 5 lines

  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UTUr_Htnaw Wilson’s Fourteen Points • American President, Woodrow Wilson, anticipated the end of the war and hoped to inspire a peace plan that would solve the long-term problems that caused the war (MAIN). • He drafted a proposal called “The Fourteen Points” • He brought his proposal to France for the treaty conference.

  4. Wilson Presents His Plan • Fourteen Points: Plan for World Peace • Fourteen Points speech given before Congress, points divided into three groups • First five points Wilson believed had to be addressed to prevent another war

  5. Themes in Wilson’s Fourteen Points • Self determination (personal independence) of all peoples • Arms reduction • Non-punishment • Formation of the League of Nations • Freedom of the Seas • No secret treaties • Free and open trade

  6. Fourteen Points • There should be no secret treaties among nations. • Freedom of the seas should be maintained for all. • Tariffs and other economic barriers among nations should be lowered or abolished in order to allow free trade. • Arms should be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety, thus lessening the possibility of military responses during diplomatic crises. • Colonial (imperial) policies should consider the interests of the colonial peoples as well as the interests of the imperialistic powers.

  7. Fourteen Points • 6-13 dealt with boundary changes • 14th point called for a creation of and international organization to address the diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war… League of Nations: provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle their grievances without war

  8. League of Nations • The League of Nation's was created to ensure that war never broke out again • To memorize the goals of the League use the acronym SIDE: Stop wars Improve people’s lives Disarmament Enforce the Treaty of Versailles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUSXJDfayo&feature=related

  9. Work with a partner to discuss and answer the following questions: Which of the Fourteen Points do you feel is the most important? Why? In what order would you rank the fourteen points, from most to least important? How realistic were Wilson’s ideas? Explain. How idealistic were Wilson’s ideas? Explain. Do the Fourteen Points address the causes of WWI? If yes, which ones?

  10. Wrap Up: In your opinion were Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points a fair offer to the world for peace? Why or why not?

  11. Wednesday 3/30/16 Goal: to analyze the aftermath of WWI. Warm up: In your opinion were Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points a fair offer to the world for peace? Why or why not? Please write at least 3 lines. Homework: 1920s vocab. #’s 1-13, due Thursday (tomorrow), 14-27 due on Friday and 27-38 due on Monday.

  12. Aftermath of WWI • Vocabulary: aggressor, victim, idealist • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl5OqQVaD9Y&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL4AE238DF9D8961A9 • Write a four sentence summary of what you learned from the video.

  13. What were the long-term and immediate causes of war? Explain briefly. How should a peace treaty have resolved these problems? How to Solve the Peace

  14. French Premier George Clemenceau British Prime Minister David Lloyd George “The Big Four” Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

  15. Treaty of Versailles • Germany blamed, demilitarized, forced to pay reparations • Treaty written without German representation • Anschluss (Combining of Germany and Austria) forbidden forever • League of Nations created but Germany not admitted

  16. Treaty of Versailles • Map altered with little regard for ethnic or true national boundaries • Poland created out of Germany and Russia • France given back the Alsace Lorraine province • Czechoslovakia created out of Germany and Austria-Hungary • Yugoslavia created by combining Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and other small territories • Austria-Hungary broken up • England received mandates territorial holdings in the Middle East from theOttoman Empire • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzZ1OwPXgk&feature=relmfu

  17. Land was taken from Germany & given to Poland; Germany’s border with France was demilitarized to avoid a future invasion The Ottoman Empire was divided; Britain & France gained mandates in the Middle East Central Europe was redrawn to reduce the power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire New nations were created from territory taken from Russia (who left WWI early after the Bolshevik Revolution) Europe & Middle East Before & After World War I

  18. Wilson’s Lack of Support • The USA became isolationist after the war. • The US Senate disagreed with the League of Nations because they thought that by becoming a member they would lose their independence and get drawn into international disputes. • The Senate also felt that Wilson was partisan (favoring one political party) and they disliked him.

  19. Wilson toured the USA to “sell” the treaty. . .

  20. World War I in Global History • Rise of Fascism • Great Depression • World War II

  21. World War I in Global History • European Dominance Appeared Undiminished • Overriding Significance - Began Undermining of Europe’s Supremacy • Overseas Investment Declined • American Industrial Rise - Global Leadership Crossed the Atlantic

  22. Jeopardy Review Game • Each group will be assigned a different category: • Causes of WWI • Trench Warfare • What led America to join the war? • The Home Front • Americans in Battle • Write the question and answer on one side, with the point value on the other…5 questions (500, 400, 300, 200, 100)

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