lesson about WW1

1. The Treaty of Versailles
A. Costs of the War
B. What is the
Treaty of
Versailles?
C. Who was
there?
D. The Results

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. World War I Battlefield Deaths
U.S.A
116,000
Ottoman
Empire
325,000
Italy
650,000
British
Empire
908,000
Austria-
Hungary
1,200,000
France
1,300,000
Russia
1,700,000
Germany
1,800,000

8. 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

9. CFU
• What was the goal of the Treaty of
Versailles?

10. 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

11. • 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

12. CFU
• United States wanted _____ _______
_______.
• France and Britain wanted _______.
• Italy wanted __________.
Pair Share 30 Seconds- (Pick a non-
volunteer)

13. D. The Results
• Harsh peace for Germany which leads to
WWII

15. • 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