This document provides information about the end of World War 1 and the Treaty of Versailles through a series of passages and images: 1) US troops provided fresh reinforcements for the Allied forces in 1918, helping them break through German lines during the decisive "Hundred Days Offensive." An armistice ended the war on November 11, 1918. 2) World leaders from the US, France, Britain, and Italy met secretly at the Palace of Versailles in 1919 to negotiate a peace treaty. The Treaty of Versailles placed blame on Germany, took territory, and imposed heavy reparations. It also created the League of Nations. 3) The treaty negatively impacted Germany by stripping it of land and imposing a large

1. Bellringer
1. Which 3 countries lost territory after WW1?
2. Identify four new countries that were
created.

2. What happened after WW1?

3. Impact of US troops
US troops had not been
fighting for years like the
Germans, French and
British
These fresh troops and
their military equipment
helped the Allies to
finally beat the Germans
1918 US Recruitment poster

5. End of the War
 US, British and French
troops finally break
through the German
trenches
 “Hundred Days Offensive”
 Over half a million men
died during this attack but
the Allies won and the
Germans were forced to
make peace with the Allies
WW1 cemetery in France

6. Armistice Day
November 11, 1918
Both sides agreed to
stop fighting
Everyone was happy,
Americans, Germans,
French and other
Europeans
Today you know this
holiday as “Veterans
Day” and we have a
day off from school!
Armistice Day parade 1937
Additional information at http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/index.htm

7. Two kids fight
• Options for the school:
• Do nothing
• Suspensions
• Mediation
• Something else
Best option?
Worst option?

8. In your groups of 3
• Each of you are 1 specific person
• Read your role, take notes about
what is important to this leader
• Work with your team members to
create a peace plan with the
Central Powers
• For example: 2 kids get in a fight
– Principal 1: peer mediation for both kids to
prevent future fights
– Principal 2: suspends the kid who started it
10 days, 5 days to the other kid.

9. Treaty of ?????
1919
Woodrow Wilson (US),
Georges Clemenceau
(France), David Lloyd
George (Great Britain),
Vittorio Orlando of Italy
meet in secret
Location?

11. Treaty of Versailles
1919
Woodrow Wilson (US),
Georges Clemenceau
(France), David Lloyd
George (Great Britain),
Vittorio Orlando of Italy
meet in secret

12. Location?
• Palace of Versailles - France

13. Sorry Guys
Not Invited
- Russia (Revolution)
- Germany (because
they “started it”)
- Austrian-Hungarian
Empire (because no
longer exist)
- Ottoman Empire
(because they lost and
no longer exist)
Africa?

14. Treaty of Versailles
• Part 1: International Peace
• Creation of League of
Nations
– Germany & Russian can’t join
• “Can’t we all just get
along?”
• Place for countries to work
out problems

15. Treaty of Versailles
• Part 2: Blame Germany
• Germany loses all territory
in Africa & Asia
• Germany must pay Allies
$33 billion!
• Germany can not have
large military
• Germany can not build
tanks, planes, U-boats
GERMANY

16. Treaty of Versailles
Part 3: New Countries
• New countries made
from Austria
(Nationalism) (Poland,
Yugoslavia, Romania,
etc
• Ottoman Territory rich
in oil given to GB &
France (Syria, Iraq,
Saudi Arabia,
Palestine)

17. Treaty of Versailles
How was The Treaty of Versailles different
or similar to your treaty? Explain your
answer

18. Treaty of Versailles (pg. 742)
1. What do you think German
veterans thought of the
Treaty? Why?
2. What do you think the
Africans, Asians & Arabs
thought of the Treaty?
Why?
3. What do you think
peaceful Americans
thought of the Treaty?
Why?
4. How would you change
the treaty to prevent a
future war?