Week 8 Day 2

Class 2- Thursday February 27, 2014

Lecture Notes: Depth Research and Team Activity: The Treaty of Versailles

·         All the students will take turns and teach the Treaty of Versailles.

·         They will all have the presentation in 10 minutes each. Notes from the teachers:

-          The first world was fought across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Countries beyond the war zones were also affected by the disruption of international trade, finance and diplomatic pressures from the belligerents.

-          As the only major allied sharing a land border with Germany, France was chiefly concerned with weakening Germany as much as possible. Prime Minister Georges said: “America is far away, protected by the ocean. Not even Napoleon himself could touch England. You are both sheltered, we are not.”

-          British suffered a little land devastation during the war and their Prime Minister Lloyd George supported a reparation to lesser the hatred than France.

-          Before the end of the war, President Woodrow Wilson put forward his Fourteen points, which represented the liberal position at the Conference

-          The allies decided that Germany should pay 22 billion pound

-          The reparation were set at the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 by the Allied – Britain, France, & America

Discussion and Reflection: None Today

Homework: None

Week 8 Day 1

Class 1- Tuesday February 25, 2014

            Lecture Notes: DEPTH RESEARCH AND TEAM ACTIVITY: THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

·         At the end of WWI, a peace treaty was drawn up at Versailles. Most of the decisions were made by the “Big 3”: Woodrow Wilson (US President), David Lloyd George (UK Prime Minister), and Georges Clemenceau (French Prime Minister). Each had his own ideas about how things should go.

·         No one from Germany or Austria was allowed to take part in the negotiations.

·         The USA had suffered less than Europe in the war, and had come in much later. Wilson believed that by punishing Germany would only make Germany want revenge, causing more trouble in the future. He drew up 14 points which he felt would bring about world peace. He wanted Poland and Czechoslovakia, near Germany, to become strong and independent.  He wanted France to feel safe, and he wanted to establish a League of Nations to protect world peace.

·         France wanted Germany punished. Much of the war had taken place in France. The damage was tremendous. 750,000 homes and 23,000 factories destroyed. 1,500,000 Frenchmen dead. Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany and hold them accountable for all of this… and wanted compensation. He also wanted to be assured that France was safe from another attack, esp.  from Germany.

·         Britain wanted to make a fair settlement. Lloyd George agreed with much of  Wilson’s plan, but the British public  was demanding that Germany be harshly punished.

·         On June 28, 1919, the treaty was signed.

·         Terms:

·         Germany had to accept the blame for the war.

·         German Military:

·         Cut to 100,000 men

·         Only volunteers, no conscription

·         Navy could only have 6 Battleships

·         Could not build any tanks, planes or subs

·         Germany could not keep troops in the Rhineland (area that bordered France). Allied troops stationed there for 15 years.

·         All of Germany’s overseas colonies taken by Allies.

·         League of Nations was set up (forerunner to UN). It had no armed forces.

·         Germany lost land to France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland and the League of Nations.

·         Austria was broken up into independent nations, and forbidden to unite with Germany.

·         In 1921, the Allies decided that Germany should pay £6600 million in WAR REPARATIONS (in gold and goods).

·         The Treaty of Versailles had many consequences, and some of these consequences became the sparks that started WWII and subsequent conflicts. By looking at the terms again, try to identify the consequences of each.

Discussion and Reflection: None Today

Homework: Teachers prepare the slide (next class)

Week 7 Day 2

Class 2- Thursday February 20, 2014

Lecture Notes: Was the Treaty of Versailles a mistake?

-          At the end of WWI, a peace treaty was drawn up at Versailles. Most of the decisions were made by the “Big 3” Woodrow Wilson (US President), David Lloyd George (UK Prime Minister), and Georges Clemenceau (French Prime Minister). Each had his own ideas about how things should go.

-          No one from Germany or Austria was allowed to take part in the negotiations

-          The USA had suffered less than Europe in the war, and had come in much later. Wilson believed that by punishing Germany would only make Germany want revenge, causing more trouble in the future. He drew up 14 points which he felt would bring about world peace. He wanted Poland and Czechoslovakia, near Germany, to become strong and independent. He wanted France to feel safe, and he wanted to establish a League of Nations to protect world peace.

-          France wanted Germany punished. Much of the war had taken place in France. The damage was tremendous. 750000 homes and 23000 factories destroyed. 1500000 Frenchmen dead. Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany and hold them accountable for all of this and wanted compensation. He also wanted to be assured that France was safe from another attack, esp. from Germany.

-          Britain wanted to make a fair settlement. Lloyd George agreed with much of Wilson’s plan, but the British public was demanding that Germany be harshly punished.

-          On June 28, 1919, the treaty was signed.

Discussion and Reflection: None Today

Homework: None

Week 7 Day 1

Class 1- Tuesday February 18, 2014

Lecture Notes: {No Lecture Notes} IT-BASED UNIT EXAM (SUMMATIVE)

The quiz is about the topic that we learnt in the previous weeks.

Discussion and Reflection: None Today

Homework: Prepare for the next chapter

Week 6 Day 2

Class 2- Thursday February 13, 2014

Lecture Notes: {No new lecture notes} TEAM PRESENTATION DAY 2 (FORMATIVE)

Presentation of the remaining team

Discussion and Reflection: About the World War One presentation

Homework: Study for quiz next week

Week 6 Day 1

Class 1- Tuesday February 11, 2014

Lecture Notes: {No Lecture Notes} TEAM PRESENTATION DAY 1 (FORMATIVE)

Presentation of each team

Discussion and Reflection: About the World War One presentation

Homework: Prepare for the next assigned team presentation

Week 5 Day 2

Class 2- Thursday February 6, 2014

Lecture Notes: Depth Research and Team Activity: A New Kind of Warfare

·         It was the first time to show off their tanks and other war equipments

·         The worst and the first event that happened

·         Thousands, millions of people were affected

·         The WW1 was the most terrible war

·         It was the first time that war equipments were used and to show off their invention

·         The British and French could not push back the Germans

·         The lines became fixed and almost never changed throughout the war

·         Soldiers faced the enemy across the “No Man’s land”

·         The trenches turned into huge ocean of mud

·         The side trenches were so heavily defended

·         The positions of the trenches hardly altered

·         In 1917, the USA joined the war on Britain’s side

·         The communist government made peace

·         The Germans made the last enormous attack on France

·         They began to push the German army back

·         On November 1918 the war was over

Discussion and Reflection: None Today

Homework: Prepare for presentation

WEEK 5 Day 1

CLASS 1- Tuesday February 4, 2014

Lecture Notes:  Depth Research and “Team Activity: A new kind of warfare

·         The German Howitzer, however, was indirect, as the explosion was what killed the enemy, not the actual round fired.

·         The 18-pounder could not a highly parabolic trajectory, thus causing it to lose effectiveness in trench warfare. The German Howitzer, however, could “lob” its rounds directly into the British and French trenches.

·         In the Battle of the Somme alone in 1916, 420000 British troops, 195000 French troops, and 400000 German troops were killed and wounded. Wave after wave men were sent by both sides to attack the opponent’s trenches, only to be cut down by machine-gun fire while being trapped in the wires of “No- Man’s Land”.

·         By 1917, the war was still at a stalemate. Neither side could win. The Russian Revolution was well under way, with the Communists capturing and jailing the Royal Family (Tsar Nicolas, Alexandra and the kids) before murdering them. The new regime backed out of the war, attempting to make a treaty with Germany. The USA came into the war in April 1917, and Germany was finally pushed back.

·         Kaiser Wilhelm fled Germany into exile, and the government (the beginnings of the Weimar republic) that replaced him asked for armistice. The war was over in November 1918.

·         They have this “trench system” which is a long narrow ditch and used to protect the soldiers from explosions.  It has a lot of disadvantages such as there are a lot of rodents, small, few food, damp and wet which led to disease known as the trench foot.