1. Monday! – 20 mins test! Exam style questions:
1) Explain why the depression affected the League of Nations (6 marks)
(2/3 well explained reasons!)
2) Explain why the Disarmament Conference had failed by (6 marks)

2. Abyssinian Crisis – was it to blame for the failure of the League?
L/O: To assess the extent of damage the Abyssinian crisis had on the League in comparison to other factors.
Who wrote produced this source?
For whom did they produce it?
What does the source mean … “I am sorry to disturb your sleep”
What does it mean “the matter has been solved elsewhere”?
What do you think the message of this source is?
Source from book
Source 10 page 46

3. What do you know about Abyssinia?
Look at your timeline and the book and answer …
Why and when did it happen?
Why did the League not react immediately?
Who were Hoare and Laval and what did they suggest?
What has Hitler got to do with it?
Want some more?
Complete the source analysis at the bottom of page 46

4. What was to blame for the failure of the League?
After 1936 the League was accepted as a failure by many as it had failed to deal with Japan, Germany and Italy’s aggressive actions. These were member of the League itself! Now we will look back at all these events and decide which factors caused it to fail. From the start the League had problems; slowness to act, selfish aims of leaders, no USA Task:
Event:
Manchuria
Disarmament
Abyssinia
Main information
When, who, where
How was the League slow to act?
How were the main leaders of the League selfish?
No USA in the League
Other factors
(depression, nationalism)

5. Event:
Manchuria
Disarmament
Abyssinia
Main information
When, who, where
How was the League slow to act?
A year before a report was presented as had to travel to China by boat
How were the main leaders of the League selfish?
No USA in the League
No major power (or the man behind disarmament) included in the conference
Other factors
(depression, nationalism)

6. Why did the League fail in the 1930s?
F – France and Britain A – absent powers I – Ineffective sanctions L – lack of arms U – unfair Treaty of V. R – reaching decisions too slowly E – economic depression

7. Why did the League fail in the 1930s?
All together ….. Task: 1) your own version of this on A3 paper – leaving space for notes around each circle. 2) Fill in the circle to explain the letter and then write notes around each factor to show how they connect to Manchuria/disarmament and Abyssinia
Why did the League fail in the 1930s? F A I L U R E

8. The aims of the League
1: To discourage aggression 2: To encourage cooperation in business and trade 3: To encourage disarmament 4: To improve living and working conditions Give each of the aims of the League a mark out of ten for it’s performance!

9. Essay writing (10 mark question)
‘The way the League was set up meant that bound to fail’ How far do you agree with this statement? (10) ‘The League of Nations was doomed from the start’. How far do you agree with this statement? (10) ‘Italy was mainly to blame for the failure of the League of Nations’. How far do you agree with this statement? (10) We will do this next week …