The Peace Treaties

Contents:

1.  The Conference

2.  Aims

3.  Terms

4.  German reactions

5.  Verdicts

6.  Other treaties

7.  Self-test

Plus:

•  Revision sheet

•  Hard-copy booklet

•  Exemplar AQA Assessment

•  Exemplar OCR Assessment

  Links:

How did the Treaty of Versailles establish peace? - Views of historians

  International relations 1919-39: basic narrative overview

Peace to War 1919-39: clear overview aimed at the old AQA GCSE.

A map of the Treaty changes

History Learning Site (excellent)

IGCSE notes: an exemplar set of student notes

Powerpoint

Basic, informative overview by Tom Griffith

Podcasts:

- BBC debate-podcast on whether the ToV was fair

- Scott Allsop's podcast on the peace treaties

- Giles Hill on the Treaty

Alistair Cooke on the Treaty

- quirky view

YouTube:

Old-fashioned educational summary (hostile)

- BBC video Make Germany Pay Parts 1 and 2

Interview with Margaret Macmillan on PBS TV

A personal evaluation of the Treaty by Prof. Raffael Scheck

An evaluation by Hans Schmitt - very difficult

An ActiveHistory 'Fling the Teacher' Quiz

In this module you will learn:  

• The names of the ‘Big Three’ leaders at the Versailles Conference.

• The aims of Clemenceau (4), Wilson (7) and Lloyd George (5) at the Conference.

• The FOUR main terms of the Treaty of Versailles [BRAT].

• Five reasons the Germans were angry about the Treaty of Versailles [UBRAT].

• What Clemenceau, Wilson and Lloyd George felt about the Treaty of Versailles.

• The FOUR other treaties of 1919–1920 [SaiNTS].

• FOUR reasons the Treaty of Versailles was more important than them.

• FIVE new nation-states created in 1919–1920 [CHAPS].

• Four problems with self-determination [WiGWaM].