Do Now: Share your Homework with the person sitting next to you. Write down in

3-5 sentences whether you agree or disagree with their assessment on the

tone and “fairness” of the 14 points, and why.

Objectives: Students will be able to…(1) distinguish the differences between Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the Treaty of Versailles (2) Analyze a primary source (Treaty of Versailles) for key information and themes

Agenda: 1. Wilson’s Fourteen Points2. Treaty of Versailles3. Wilson’s 14 points vs. Treaty of Versailles

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

• What are they?

• What’s the tone?

• What did Wilson ultimately want?

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

• Based on “the principal of justice to all peoples and nationalities.”

• 1-5 attempted to eliminate the causes of the war (Free trade, disarmament, free seas, open diplomacy)

• 6-13 addressed self-determination

• 14 created the League of Nations

Casualties

• Sources approximate 16 Million killed and 20 Million injured (Military & Non-Civilian)

• Deaths in the Civil War (40 years earlier): 160,00 Killed, and 540,000 wounded (Approx. per PBS.org)

• Population:• Boston – 625,000• Connecticut – 3.5 Million• Massachusetts – 6.5 Million• New York City – 8.24 Million

Treaty of Versailles

• Major players at the negotiations: • USA – Woodrow Wilson• France- Georges Clemenceau • Italy – Vittorio Orlando • Great Britain – David Llyod George

You are going to read excerpts from the treaty with a partner and summarize what each article says.

As you write decipher the sections, I will ask some of you to come up and write your answers on the board.

Articles #mainidea of each one

• Articles 42

• Article 119

• Articles 159 & 160

• Article 231

• Article 232

Closing Discussion Questions

• Do you think they were too hard on the Germans? Did it seem fair?

• What are some of the differences between the Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points?

• Do you think the Fourteen Points would have prevented World War II?

Damage to FRance

Cont…

Cont… (Former French Village - Peolcapelle)

US Senate Rejects

• US Senate REJECTS Treaty• Claim it’s the exact

kind of “entangling alliances that started the war.”

• What did they mean?

Treaty of Versailles Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzZ1OwPXgk

• Write down 2 CCQ’s on the clip

Ticket to Leave• In a few sentences, describe how this image

illustrates the negotiation process at Versailles.

Homework

• Homework: Do an I See/It Means on the picture on the website (You can download the whole document)