1. Do Now
Please get into groups of 4 (and one group of 5) of your choice.
YOU MAY NOT MOVE DESKS AROUND!
Please get out your “Treaty of Versailles” notes from yesterday.

2. Treaty of Versailles Who: Allies and Germany When: 1919
Where: Paris (Versailles, France)
Why: Formal end of WWI, negotiate peace with Germany

3. Establishing the Peace In 1919, the “Big 3” met in Paris to negotiate the Treaty:
Who’s missing??
David Lloyd George
of Britain Georges Clemenceau
of France
Vittorio Orlando Woodrow Wilson
of Italy of the U.S

4. Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles Why did the Big Three create the treaty as they did?
In your groups you will be evaluating motives for the treaty. You will examine charts and photos and answer questions to gain an understanding of why the Allies came up with such a treaty.

5. Major Players and Goals
USA - “A fair and just peace”
Britain - Harsh treatment for Germany
France - Weaken Germany so it could never make war on France again