• Text Editing

• Keyboarding and Mouse Skills

Student laptop or device

Treaty of Versailles readings

Creately or other graphic organizer account

• Creately Template

Goals and Realities Graphic Organizer

Activity 1:

Students will be assigned one of the three countries who were major players in the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles; France, Great Britain, and the United States.

After students have been assigned their country, they will need to collect information about their country’s goals leading into the Paris Peace Conference.

• Students can collect information in a Google Doc or on paper.

Once students have a clear understanding of what their country was trying to accomplish heading into the negotiations, they should then begin researching the outcomes of the treaty, comparing the actual outcomes to the original goals.

Activity 2:

After the students have completed their research, they can organize their information into a graphic organizer template.

• Creately and ReadWriteThink have great templates that students can use to create their online graphic organizers

Students can use a variety of formats to show their information, but a Venn Diagram works great to show the goals vs realities of the Treaty, as well as the factors that each country was successful in obtaining.

Practice Activity:

Students can share their responses with classmates and use the Treaty of Versailles graphic organizer to take notes of the other countries’ goals and realities.

ONLS Modern World History:

15. The consequences of World War I and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn led to World War II.

ONLS American History

15. As a result of overseas expansion, the Spanish-American War and World War I, the United States emerged as a world power.

Treaty of Versailles Background Information

Treaty of Versailles Primary Source

America’s Library - Treaty of Versailles

Outcomes of the Treaty

The Big Three