1. Teacher: Stefania Di Pietro School: Liceo Scientifico Statale Aristotele Roma Class: V Number of students: 25 L2 Level: from B1 to C1 Topic: 14 Points of Wilson and The Treaty of Versailles Time: 240' (three 60' classes, an hour for classwork and assessment)

2. Lesson 1 Activity 1 Activating prior knowledge: WW1 Alliance system
Triple Entente
France,Great Britain,(Russia)
Activity 1
Activating prior knowledge: WW1 Alliance system
Triple Alliance
Austro-hungarian empire,
Germany,(Italy)
Victor countries
France,Great Britain,Usa,Italy
Defeated countries
Germany,Austro-hungarian empire
TASK 1-WORK IN PAIRS AND LIST (10 MINUTES)

3. TASK 2 COMPLETE A SPYDER DIAGRAM (10’):
Activity 2
Teacher and students: outcomes of WW1; aims of The Peace Conference (10’)
TASK 2 COMPLETE A SPYDER DIAGRAM (10’):
What do you think the peacemakers (mainly Wilson and Clemenceau) were hoping to achieve?

4. Activity 3
Scan the points of Wilson and a summary of The Treaty of Versailles (10’) )
TASK 3 - INDICATE KEY WORDS AND CHUNKS (10’)
war guilt - disarmament - peace -
free trade - frontiers - indipendent - representation - Diktat - navy -
armed forces - Reparations - punishment - damage - colonies - demilitaritation - free access-
League of Nations- secret treaties -
self determination.
Final plenary: one student to the whole class. Homework
assignment (5 ‘)

5. IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES
Lesson 2
Activity 1
Homework feedback; short summary of previous lesson (5 MINUTES)
TASK 1 -DISCUSS IN PAIRS ABOUT GERMAN BORDERS BEFORE WW1:
IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES
Alsace-Lorraine
- West Prussia
- Upper Silesia
- Saarland
- Rhineland
North Schleswig
(10 MINUTES)

6. Activity 2
TASK 2 - DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE TREATY ON GERMAN BORDERS. WORKING IN PAIRS (10 MINUTES).
TASK 3- WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEO: World war I - Treaty of Versailles ON YOUTUBE (3 MINUTES)

7. Wilson’s fourteen points
Activity 3
TASK 4 - DISCUSS IF THE TREATMENT OF GERMANY WAS OR NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE 14 POINTS (15 MINUTES)
They didn’t mention war guilt and reparations (231 clause of the Treaty )
Wilson’s fourteen points
They proposed disarmament for all and not only for Germany
Self determination was not to apply to German speaking people such as Sudetes. Anschluss was forbidden.
Germany not invited to join the League of Nations
TASK 5 - WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEO: MGP ON YOUTUBE (3 MINUTES)
Final plenary: one student to the whole class. Homework assignment (5 MINUTES)

8. Lesson 3
Activity 1
Homework feedback. Short summary of previous lessons (5‘)
TASK 6-CHOOSE A CARTOON: LOOK AND EXPLAIN THE MESSAGE OF THE CARTOON WORKING IN FOUR GROUPS (10’)

9. Activity 2 Political violence Conflict in the Ruhr Hyperinflaction
TASK 7-DISCUSS IN GROUPS REFERRING TO THE PICTURES :
THE IMPACT OF THE TREATY ON GERMANY (15 MINUTES)
Political violence
Conflict in the Ruhr
Hyperinflaction

10. The Treaty was not harsh enough
Activity 3
TASK 8- ROLE PLAY: CLASS DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS . DISCUSS ABOUT THE VERSAILLES SETTLEMENT. TWO STUDENTS PER GROUP WILL REPORT TO THE ENTIRE CLASS THE OUTCOMES OF THE DISCUSSION (20 MINUTES)
“The criminal madness of this peace will drain Germany’s national life-blood.
It was a piece of revenge.” (A member of the Reichstag)
The Treaty was too harsh
“ This is not a peace treaty, it is an armistice for twenty years.” (Marshal Foch)
The Treaty was not harsh enough
“It is a very severe settlement with Germany, but there is not anything in it that she did not earn.” (President Wilson)
The Treaty was fair