The Peace Treaties 1919–1920

KEY QUESTION:

How did the Treaty of Versailles establish peace?

AQA SYLLABUS CONTENT:

	Paris Peace Conference: Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau – their views and motives.
	Main terms of The Treaty of Versailles – territorial changes, military restrictions, war-guilt and reparations.

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

Podcasts:

- BBC debate-podcast on whether the ToV was fair

- Scott Allsop's podcast on the peace treaties

- Giles Hill's podcast on the peace-makers

- Giles Hill's podcast on the Peace Treaty

- Giles Hill's podcast on reactions to the Treaty

Alistair Cooke on the Treaty

YouTube:

Old-fashioned educational summary (hostile)

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.

And also

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].

The Peace Treaties 1919–1920

KEY QUESTION:

AQA SYLLABUS CONTENT:

Contents:

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In this module you will learn: