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