The document discusses the League of Nations and its success and failure in the 1920s and 1930s. It provides lesson plans and tasks for students, including examining why the League began to fail in the 1930s due to economic depression. Students are assigned a timed essay arguing whether the League was a complete failure throughout the 1920s and 1930s or not.

1. Starter : List bullet points in relation to the LON and what we studied last lesson. Pros Cons It would have been interesting if.....

2. Learning outcome Reviewed our H/W essays Reviewed our group work on the LON in the 1920s Analysed the LON in 1930s

3. The Big Question? “ The Historian, with every justification, will come to the conclusion that we were very stupid men...” Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, 1919. How far do you agree with the quote in relation to the Treaty of Versailles? Level 1 [1-3] Simplistic answer. Poor structure / lacking in detail / historical facts/figures Level 2 [4-6] Agrees with the quote. Developed argument. Beginning to show signs of structure. Level 3 [7-11] Disagrees with the quote. Solid argument. Clear structure / sound use of grammar – key words spelt correctly etc. Level 4 [12-15] Balanced answer. Explains how the quote can be agreed with : discusses the role of hindsight. Analyses how the quote can be disagreed with : people at the time were pleased with the Treaty. Perfect use of punctuation, spelling etc. NB Max L2 If pupil does not discuss the Treaty of Versailles and the background to it (i.e. Dates, key people etc) Max L2 if pupil does not mention the fact the TOV is a long term cause of WW2 – and briefly discusses how this is so Max L2 if pupil spells key words incorrectly / poor use of capital letters / incorrect dates etc

4. Essay Comments + - Level I’d give 1 2 3

6. Groups from last lesson : Pros Cons Interesting if Fixes

7. One person needs to go and get their sheet from the wall at the back....sensibly so not ripping it off the wall....

8. Admin / tidying books up. Sticking sheets in etc. 10 minutes

9. What does it mean to be a success? I would like you to write about a time when you have achieved success……. I would like you to write about a time when you have felt a failure…..

11. Why did the League begin to fail in the 1930s? 1920s 1930s

14. Success or failure???

15. What countries are highlighted in the source? What is the symbolism of having America represented in the picture? What is the source telling us about the success/failure of the League of Nations?

17. Admin Tidy up books, glue in sheets, recycle any you don’t want to keep Underline........

42. LON in 1920s

43. Why the league failed in the 1930s. How times had changed...

44. Why the league failed in the 1930s.

46. Task 1 – why the league failed in the 1930s.

47. Task 1 – why the league failed in the 1930s.

48. Task 1 – why the league failed in the 1930s.

50. Task 2 – sounds bites.

52. Task 3

53. Task 4 Read p246-254

55. Remember we don’t talk anymore........

56. Why the league failed in the 1930s.