Y10: 4-3. Fourteen Points

Today you are going to continue looking at Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points…

1.

Read “Great Expectations” (p.7)

2.

Let’s look again at Wilson’s “Fourteen Points”:

Make sure to memorize the points that are most relevant to your study. They are indicated with yellow arrows.

3.

The following two video clips tells us a bit more about Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points”:

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points for Dummies. (2:09 minutes long)

USA in WWI: Wilson’s Fourteen Points. (3:44 minutes long)

4.

Now, use the table on page 8 in your Peace Treaties booklet to show the Big Three’s views on some of the “Fourteen Points”. (Use the cut-out answers provided…)

  • In the first column, briefly explain what Wilson intended with the point mentioned.
  • In the second column, speculate how Clemenceau might have viewed the point.
  • In the last column, speculate how Lloyd George might have viewed the point.

Cut-out answers:

SOLUTION:

5.

The Big Three had a difficult job because they had to satisfy all to victorious countries – an impossible task! Moreover, their different aims and attitudes further complicated the peace making process…

Read the information below from B.Walsh about the different attitudes and aims of the Big Three.

6.

If you are interested in “The Fourteen Points”, read the original text in the document below:

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