The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles Lesson starter: Describe, in detail, one reason Germans resented the Treaty of Versailles.

Today we will… • Describe the terms of the Treaty of Versailles I can… • Create a replica of the Peace Treaty

As we know, the ‘Big Three’ and people from other countries met in Paris in January 1919 • They wanted to draw up a Peace Treaty to stop any more wars • The Big Three made up a treaty and gave it to Germany. • If Germany rejected it, the war would start again

On 28 June 1919, five years after the assassination at Sarajevo, two Germans signed the Treaty of Versailles in The Hall of Mirrors • This was very humiliating for Germany • Treaties were also signed with Austria Hungary and Germany’s allies

America did not want Germany to be humiliated. • They wanted Germany to pay the winning countries some money. • They wanted to make peace in Europe

France wanted Germany to pay for all costs of the war They also wanted Germany to have their Army and Navy taken away This is called disarmament

Britain wanted Germany to be punished also but not too harshly • They wanted to take control of Germany’s Navy so they could not threaten Britain again

Now we will learn what the Treaty of Versailles meant for Germany

Take a new sideways pagePut this spider diagram title in the middle Feel free to use coloured pens! Terms of the Treaty of Versailles 28 June 1919

Territory Germany lost 13% of her land All her colonies were handed over to other countries Alsace – Lorraine went back to France

Demilitarisation The Rhineland was demilitarised The Rhineland would be occupied by Allied troops

Disarmament The German Army reduced to 100,000 Navy reduced to 6 battleships Conscription was banned The Air Force was taken away

Anschluss Germany were banned from joining up with Austria

War Guilt Clause Germany had to accept all the blame for the war

Reparations Since Germany was blamed for the war, they had to pay huge sums of money to The Allies £6.6 Billion

Creating the Treaty of Versailles Success Criteria • Has a suitable heading • Outlines at least 8 terms of the Treaty • Present tense ‘ Germany must…’ • Has the correct date • Is signed by the ‘Big Three’ • Is signed by the German representatives – Dr Müller, Dr Bell • Has an official seal

Remember! • The terms should be written in the present tense as if the document was written in June 1919 i.e. ‘Germany must give up…’ NOT ‘Germany had to give up…’

Extension Task • Write out the terms of the Treaty of Versailles • Next to each explain The Consequence of that term for Germany • i.e. • Germany’s army was reduced to 100,000 – this meant that Germany would be unable to defend itself

N5 Practice Questions • Describe the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. 4 marks One term of the Treaty was that Germany…. Another term was… 2. Explain why Germans resented the Treaty of Versailles. 6 marks Germans resented The Treaty because … and this meant that…

Extension • Access the N5 history bitesize pages, Weimar Germany, page 4 ‘Characteristics of the Weimar Government’ • Why was the government called ‘Weimar’? • What were the positives of the new German government? • What were the negatives?

The Treaty of Versailles