1. The Treaty of Versailles By: Colin McCarty and Daniel Patterson

2. Essential Question: How did the Treaty of Versailles effect the world?

3. Lesson Objective The students will discover the effect of the Treaty of Versailles on the world.

4. Activity – Sign the Treaty! Four groups; Great Britain, France, United States of America, and Germany (can use Italy if need be). Draw up terms to the treaty that everyone can agree upon in your respective countries. Send delegates forward to discuss and agree.

6. What actually happened… http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- i/treaty-of-versailles http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- i/treaty-of-versailles

7. The Players The Allies – Great Britain – France – United States of America – Italy Central Powers – Germany (not invited to treaty drafting)

8. Here’s what went down… France and Great Britain wanted large concessions for damage done during the war. o France wanted Germany dismembered altogether while Great Britain wanted to avoid later war… The United States wanted the League of Nations created. Germany could not join till 1926 All the Allies agreed that Germany should pay large reparations for the war, be held ultimately responsible, and give back conquered territories and then some parts of Germany to Allied nations. o Germany paid back war debts in 2010.

9. Germany not happy…

10. List of Grievances Germany in 1924 and 1929 agreed to pay reparations under the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan, but were none to happy about it. The resulting economic depression resulted in an inability to pay reparations in 1932. – Superinflation, millions of Marks were not enough to buy a loaf of bread. Germans felt betrayed, minimized, taken advantaged of, and completely underrepresented in the meetings of Versailles. This would set the stage for another world conflict at the head of a cruel tyrant…

11. Two Separate Wars? http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- i/treaty-of-versailles/videos/did-wwi-lead-to- wwii http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- i/treaty-of-versailles/videos/did-wwi-lead-to- wwii

12. Exit Ticket What is one thing that you would have changed about the treaty of Versailles?

13. Resources http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/great-war- evaluating-treaty-versailles http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/great-war- evaluating-treaty-versailles http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of- versailles http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of- versailles http://www.smh.com.au//breaking-news-world/germany- finally-pays-off-wwi-debt-20100930-15ydu.html http://www.smh.com.au//breaking-news-world/germany- finally-pays-off-wwi-debt-20100930-15ydu.html https://www.pinterest.com/mbailey887/political-memes/ http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/ projects/1920s/Econ20s.htm http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/33d/ projects/1920s/Econ20s.htm http://bhdplanet.com/DataImages/Place/Palace-of- Versailles_1.jpg http://bhdplanet.com/DataImages/Place/Palace-of- Versailles_1.jpg