The Treaty of VersaillesThe Treaty of VersaillesWhat did the Winners want?What did the Winners want?

Lesson Objective Learning OutcomesTo take on the role of one of the winning countries in WWI and negotiate a treaty that best suits that countries interestsTo start to understand the consequences of WWI and the TOV – can WWII be traced to the decision made at VersaillesTo assess your own performance as Effective Participators and Team Learners

You will have negotiated a Treaty to end WWI You will have negotiated a Treaty to end WWI that is most favourable to your countryYou will have identified potential causes for future conflict You will have assessed your own performance as Effective Participators and Team Learners

Extension – Did the end of World War One contribute to the cause of World War 2?

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3. 3. 3.

Look at the three sources.What do they tell us about

how to end wars?

TEAM WORKERS

Very Good Good Satisfactory WeakYou are consistently and independently able to work with other members of the class towards achieving a common goal (planning, writing the Spanish Armada Role Play

You are mostly able to work without teacher support as a group. You require some guidance to enable you to reach the success criteria.

You can sometimes you work without the teacher constructively towards achieving the set goal. Teacher input is required for you group to work effectively and remain on task.

You consistently require a teacher to ensure that you focus and work towards the set task. Without teacher input no work is achieved.

EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATORS

Very Good Good Satisfactory WeakAs an individual, you are always on task, you do not talk about none work related issues so that you can achieve the goal of producing your Armada role play.

As an individual, you are mostly on task. Occasionally your focus slips away from the task. You required a small amount of teacher input to help you complete the task.

As an individual, you were often unfocused during this task e.g. talking to friends about non-work related topics. Your required teacher input to enable to achieve the task.

As an individual, you were consistently off task. You required a teacher present at all times to ensure you participated in making your Armada role play.

In your last lesson you looked at how the map of Europe was redrawn by the

winners of WWI in an attempt to prevent future conflict.

In this lesson you will look at how the winning countries each wanted

different outcome from the Treaty of Versailles.

You will take on the role of either France, The United Kingdom or The

United States of America and attempt to negotiate a treaty most favourable to

your countries interests.

Watch the following clip and answer the following questions:

Q1. What is happening in the film?

Q2. Who are the apparent victims of the Treaty?

Q3. Are they likely to achieve their aims?

In a nutshell the winners sit down and decide who takes what and how the enemy should

be punished.

This normally consists of nicking their land. Watch this clip and tell me the following:

What is happening in the film?Who are the apparent victims of the Treaty?

Are they likely to achieve their aims?

You will be allowed five minutes in your countries to plan your strategy for the negotiationsYou will score points for negotiating terms that are nearest to your countries aimsYou will loose points for failing to achieve your aimsYou will need to compromise on some issues and be forceful on othersOnce decisions are made, they must be logged on your decision sheet

TEAM WORKERS

Very Good Good Satisfactory WeakYou are consistently and independently able to work with other members of the class towards achieving a common goal (planning, writing the Spanish Armada Role Play

You are mostly able to work without teacher support as a group. You require some guidance to enable you to reach the success criteria.

You can sometimes you work without the teacher constructively towards achieving the set goal. Teacher input is required for you group to work effectively and remain on task.

You consistently require a teacher to ensure that you focus and work towards the set task. Without teacher input no work is achieved.

EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATORS

Very Good Good Satisfactory WeakAs an individual, you are always on task, you do not talk about none work related issues so that you can achieve the goal of producing your Armada role play.

As an individual, you are mostly on task. Occasionally your focus slips away from the task. You required a small amount of teacher input to help you complete the task.

As an individual, you were often unfocused during this task e.g. talking to friends about non-work related topics. Your required teacher input to enable to achieve the task.

As an individual, you were consistently off task. You required a teacher present at all times to ensure you participated in making your Armada role play.