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Today you are going to practise some 4-mark Exam Questions! 1. Here is a list of typical 4-mark exam questions. These questions were taken from previous exam papers. It is very important that you are able to answer all of them. If you know your work perfectly well, it should take you 5-7 minutes toContinue reading “Y10: 4-18. Treaties – Questions”

Today you are going to examine whether the Treaty of Versailles could be justified at the time, by doing a study task… 1. Below is a brief reminder of the difficulties that the peacemakers face in trying to satisfy everyone… Difficulties in setting up new boundaries. (1:31 minutes long) 2. The difficulties in setting upContinue reading “Y10: 4-17. Justifying the Treaties”

Today you are going to continue looking at how the Treaty of Versailles was criticized… 1. You will probably agree that none of the Big Three got what they wanted… Read the NOTES on: “Why the victors did not get what they wanted” – p.18 – 2. Let’s look at a few contemporary views regardingContinue reading “Y10: 4-16. Criticisms of the Treaty of Versailles II”

Today you are going investigate how the Treaty of Versailles has been criticized, then in 1919, and since… 1. The video below gives a brief overview of why the post-war peace treaties have been criticized… (Pay special attention to points that deal with Germany.) Criticisms of the Treaties. (1:53 minutes long) 2. Read the NOTESContinue reading “Y10: 4-15. Criticisms of the Treaty of Versailles I”

Today you are going to examine the economic impact that the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany… 1. The Treaty of Versailles had devastating economic effects on Germany. Let’s see what we can learn from the following video… Economic Impact on Germany. (2:21 minutes long) 2. “Reparation & Ruin in Germany” (p.25-26) 3. 1923: TheContinue reading “Y10: 4-14. Economic Impact on Germany”

Today you are going to start examining the impact of the Treaty of Versailles… 1. Here is a brief reminder of the areas in which Germany was affected by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. You can remember them by means of this short mnemonic: TRAWL 2. Let’s now see what the immediate impactContinue reading “Y10: 4-13. Impact of the Treaty of Versailles”

Today you are going to look at the terms of the Other Post-War Peace Treaties… 1. Mark the following tasks: -Task 1- SOLUTION: -Task 2- -Task 3- SOLUTION: 2. You learnt about the Treaty of Versailles. Now navigate through the slides (by swiping to the left) to also learn more about the terms of theContinue reading “Y10: 4-12. Other Post-War Peace Treaties”

Today you are going to continue with tasks about Germany’s reaction to the Treaty of Versailles…. 1. First finish the question on the German cartoon about the reaction to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (started in the previous lesson). 2. Now we are going to test your knowledge and understanding of the reactionContinue reading “Y10: 4-11. Germany’s Reaction III”

Today you are going to continue with Cartoon analysis tasks about the Treaty of Versailles…. 1. In the previous lesson we looked at cartoons about the Treaty of Versailles and also answered questions using cartoon analysis skills… 2. The following cartoon (that shows what the German people thought of the Treaty of Versailles) was alsoContinue reading “Y10: 4-10. Germany’s Reaction II”

Today you are going to investigate Germany’s reaction to the Treaty of Versailles… 1. The video below discusses the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in detail. It also tells us why Germany was shocked by the Treaty of Versailles… Why The Treaty of Versailles Was Such A Shock For Germany? (28:07 minutes long) 2.Continue reading “Y10: 4-9. Germany’s Reaction I”

Today you are going to consider whether the Big Three were satisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles… 1. Read the relevant details from your booklet, just to make sure that you remember the terms of the Treaty of Versailles… “Germany re-made – the Treaty of Versailles” , p.15. 2. Use worksheet toContinue reading “Y10: 4-8. The Big Three – Satisfied?”

Today you are going to do tasks related to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, to test your knowledge and understanding…. 1. First complete the task below, to test your knowledge so far. (Stick the task into your book and then complete it…) SOLUTION: 2. Let’s see if you know the following key terms:Continue reading “Y10: 4-7. Terms of the Treaty – Tasks”

Today you are going to look at the territorial terms of the Treaty of Versailles…. 1. Navigate through the slides (by swiping to the left) to learn more about specific territorial terms included in the Treaty of Versailles… 2. Copy the details regarding territorial losses in Europe, suffered by Germany, as specified in the TreatyContinue reading “Y10: 4-6. Treaty of Versailles II”

Today you are going to look at some of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles…. 1. So, on 28 June 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed… Centenary of signing the Treaty of Versailles. (0:40 minutes long) 2. Navigate through the slides (by swiping to the left) to learn more about some of theContinue reading “Y10: 4-5. Treaty of Versailles I”

Today you are going to continue looking at the difficulties that the Big Three faced when drawing up the terms of the Peace Treaties… 1. Read “Great Expectations” (p.7), to refresh your memory… 2. It was difficult to draw up the terms of the peace treaties because of the different aims and attitudes of theContinue reading “Y10: 4-4. Difficulties in Making Peace”

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 moreContinue reading “Y10: 4-3. Fourteen Points”

Today you are going to get to know the Big Three better… 1. So, the Big Three met at the Palace of Versailles in January 1919 to discuss the peace terms to be imposed on the defeated countries. However, the three representatives had very different attitudes and aims, which complicated the peace talks… The BigContinue reading “Y10: 4-2. The Big Three – Aims”

Today you are going to start with the topic on… Post-war Peace Treaties! 1. You will use a new exercise book for the Post-War Topic. Stick the following into your new green exercise book: 1-The content page that shows what we will be covering in this topic: 2-The title page to indicate the start ofContinue reading “Y10: 4-1. Peace Conference”