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GCSE MODERN WORLD HISTORY
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Interactive
WORKBOOKLET
Was the League of Nations a
success or failure?
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GCSE MODERN WORLD HISTORY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
WORKBOOKLET [Advanced]
Study the PowerPoint lessons and complete the tasks below.
Section 1.
SLIDE 3 Read the learning outcomes.
Learning outcomes are what you will know and be able to do after the learning activities in this next section. I have read the learning outcomes
I understand the learning outcomes I do not understand the learning outcomes [ASK YOUR TEACHER]
SLIDE 7
13. Why would small countries like the ideas of collective security? 14. Do you think the aims of the League of Nations were too ambitious? Explain your answer.
15. What do you think the message of this cartoon is? It was published in 1919. Click on the Information button for an explanation of the meaning of this cartoon.
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HISTORY SKILLS 1 : EXPLANATION
16. What does explanation mean? 17. Explain why there was so much support for the aims of the League of Nations. [6 marks] Click on the Information button. Use the writing frame to help you answer the question.
STRUCTURE OF THE LEAGUE
SLIDES 9 and 10
18. Complete the table below.
Wrong order Description Correct order
Give one other fact
1. COUNCIL The civil service of the League.
2. SECRETARIAT
Made up of 4 permanent members.
3. ASSEMBLY
Met once a year.
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19. Complete the diagram with either a sentence or the name of the correct body of the League.
20. In the League of Nation’s Assembly, all decisions made had to be unanimous. What does this mean? 21. How would this affect decision making in the League?
4. CIJ
Looked after colonies of the defeated
countries.
5. ILO
15 judges met in the Hague, Holland.
6. MANDATES
Tried to improve working conditions.
THE ASSEMBLY
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
Slavery __________
__________
___________ Helped
people return to their
country after
the war.
Health ___________ ___________
___________
__________ Looked after the colonies
of the defeated
countries.
THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________
Did all the League’s paper work.
THE COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
___________________________
___________________________
The main body
of the League.
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22. What does the word ‘veto’ mean? 23. How would this affect decision making in the League?
24. Complete the diagram below to give reasons why the structure of the League made it weak.
Extension work [Slide 9] Click on the Information button. Read the more detailed notes on the aims of the League.
SLIDE 11
25. Complete the table below.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Country
Joined
Left
Reason why they left or stayed
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WHY DID AMERICA NOT JOIN THE LEAGUE? SLIDE 12
27. Who was Woodrow Wilson? 28. Which political party did he lead? 29. Why did he not stand for the 1920 election? 30. Which party won this election? 31. What was their attitude to the League of Nations? Read source 1 32. Why did some senators object to joining the League? 33. What was their main concern? 34. Why was America not joining a serious problem for the League?
35. Study the cartoon above. What does it suggest about America’s absence from the League of Nations?
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Extension work Click on the Information button for more about Woodrow Wilson’s struggle to persuade America to join the League of Nations. 'The American Presidential election of 1920 was the turning point in the history of the League of Nations'. How far do you agree with this statement? Click on the Advanced button and answer the task on Wilson and the League of Nations. Click on the Homework button and choose one of the tasks.
METHODS USED BY THE LEAGUE TO KEEP THE PEACE SLIDE 13
36. Complete the table. You need to complete work up to Slide 28 before you can complete the final column.
Method used What does it mean? How effective would this method be?
When was it used?
Protest
Expulsion
Army
Conference of
Ambassadors
Economic sanctions
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TWO KEY CRISES IN THE 1920s
SLIDE 18
6. Complete the table below.
The Aaland Islands Dispute
Date:
Countries involved:
What caused the dispute?
What did the League do to try and solve the dispute? [What method was used?]
How well did the League handle this dispute?
Success or Failure?
7. Complete the diagram below to explain how the Court of International Justice [CIJ] tried to solve disputes.
Click on the homework button and choose one of the tasks.
Now do test 2. Write your score here
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