The Treaty of VersaillesA. Costs of the WarB. What is the

Treaty of Versailles?

C. Who was there?

D. The Results

CA Content Standard

• 10.6.1 Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, the terms and influence of the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, and the causes and effects of United States's rejection of the League of Nations on world politics.

Content and Language Objectives

• Content Objective- Students will analyze the influence of the Treaty of Versailles.

• Language Objective- Students will take notes, pair share, and answer questions about the lesson.

A. Costs of the War• 8.5 million soldiers died, 21 million were

wounded

• 12 million civilians died because of the war– Starvation, disease, slaughter

• Almost an entire generation of men were wiped out in France and Great Britain

• Costs the Allied Powers $200 billion, and the Central Powers $138 billion– Acres of farmland, homes, villages, towns were all

destroyed

World War I Battlefield DeathsU.S.A

116,000

Ottoman Empire325,000

Italy650,000

British Empire908,000

Austria-Hungary

1,200,000

France1,300,000

Russia1,700,000

Germany1,800,000

CFU

• What are three causes that civilians died during World War 1?

Pair Share 30 Seconds (Pick non-volunteer)

B. What is the Treaty of Versailles?

• It is the formal peace agreement that officially ended WWI

• It was signed June 28, 1919 outside of Paris

CFU

• What was the goal of the Treaty of Versailles?

Pair Share 30 Seconds- (Pick non-volunteer)

C. Who was there?

• All of the Allied Powers (except Russia) were invited

• “Big Four” were the main writers

• They were the leaders of the U.S., France, Great Britain, and Italy

• President Wilson (U.S.) came to the meeting with a plan called the Fourteen Points to create a just and lasting peace

-Wanted “a peace without victory”

• France and Britain wanted revenge on Germany

• Italy wanted to gain territory from the Central Powers

CFU

• United States wanted _____ _______ _______.

• France and Britain wanted _______.

• Italy wanted __________.

Pair Share 30 Seconds- (Pick a non-volunteer)

D. The Results

• Harsh peace for Germany which leads to WWII

• The United States refused to sign the treaty – did not want to join the League of Nations

• Germany, Italy, and Japan will all resent the outcome

Closure- CFU

• Describe the effects of the Treaty of Versailles.

Pair Share 60 seconds

Write down into notes

(Pick non-volunteers)