Feb. 12/13: Treaty of versailles: A flawed peace

Today we will take a look at how WWI ended.You will work within a new group to try to understand how WWI reshaped Europe socially, politically and economically.

You will investigate the steps taken by nations after the war to establish a process for resolving issues among European nations diplomatically to avoid future conflicts. And whether these actions were successful or failures in trying to maintain peace. 
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...We are starting an informal group investigation into how WWI is linked to WWII...

Helpful Resources for Today's Class:

• “Treaty of Versailles: Can Peace Lead to War?”  ​
• Treaty of Versailles (website about history of this treaty)
• Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (US.gov website)
• Wilson’s Fourteen Points and League of Nations (APUSH YouTube video)
• Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (list of the 14-- Avalon Law Project, Yale.edu)
• WWI Issue - List of Articles about WWI and the End (scroll towards the bottom to find articles about the end of the war, Treaty of Versailles, etc.)
• WWI End of War and Remembrance (BBC School website)​
• “World War 1: The War that Changed Everything” (copy of article)
• Europe After WWI - The Map as History (4 minute video on website)
• League of Nations, 1920 (US.gov website)

HW: Research & Take Notes (in your group document) on your assigned Research Question -- this will become part of a persuasive speech. 

Use the following document to help you with your group's assigned question:

• “Treaty of Versailles: Can Peace Lead to War?” DBQ -- this resource has all of the assigned questions

Additional helpful resources:
Weigh in on what historians say… 
Here’s some resources to help you learn (and decide) if WWII was inevitable because of how WWI ended-- or decide if it was it due to something entirely different (but possibly still similar to one of the causes of WWI)  
-- review history and decide for yourself!

• The Treaty of Versailles was the cause of WWII - Debate (Debate.org)​
• “Did WW I lead to WW II?” (History.com video)
• The Impact of the Paris Treaty: “Make Germany Pay” (BBC.com video)