Day 4:

Learning Objectives: Students will: Assessments: (include evaluation criteria for

formative assessment)
● Identify the treaty that ended the war
in Europe ● students will write an argumentative
● Define Reparations and explain its paragraph detailing what they think
effect on Germany was just and unjust from the treaty of
● Discuss U.S. involvement post-war Versailles and the Paris peace
conference

Procedure:
Anticipatory Set - 3 min
Attention gainer: Stories of conflict resolution
● Share two stories of conflict from personal experience; one with a good outcome, and one
with a bad outcome which have even led to further conflict
● Ask a few students to share if they are comfortable a personal story of conflict and how it
was resolved or unresolved. Be sure to ask about their personal feelings during and after
the conflict
● Tie in how these personal feelings influence actions toward the terms of conflict
resolution and how it relates to the agreements of the end of WWI
Initial Phase - 6 min
● Give students story impression handout, assist students with any words/terms they may
be confused with in order for them to generate their version of what the article might say
● As a class, brainstorm potential connections of the terms
● Have students share ideas with each other
● Have students write their personal summary paragraph using terms
Middle Phase - 6 min
● Have students read the Treaty of Versailles article
● Have students write a second summary paragraph
● Have students compare and contrast initial and conclusive summaries
● Connect any predictions made that were similar to the Article
Concluding Phase
● Stress the importance of the how the Treaty of Versailles, peace agreements, and League
of Nations could have influenced further animosity between the conflicting nations
● Ask students if they think the terms were fair.
Follow up:
● Using the information learned from previous lessons of the learning segment students will write a
5 paragraph argumentative essay.

Materials:
● Khan academy Treaty of Versailles article
● Textbook
● Notebook
 STORY IMPRESSION HANDOUT

Directions:
Using the word bank, generate a story of what you think the Article might tell you. Before
writing, discuss in your groups what you think these words mean and may refer to. The words
are organized in sequential order and should be used in your story the same way. Be prepared
to share your story with your group and the class. Your story should not be longer than a
paragraph.

1. Thirty-two countries participated in the Paris Peace Conference

2. Treaty of Versailles 3.June 28, 1919 4. Established the League of Nations

5. The War Guilt clause blamed Germany 6. Five billion

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Day 4:

5 Paragraph Argumentative essay - Treaty of Versailles

Directions:

You will complete a 5-paragraph essay arguing your stance on the terms of the

Treaty of Versailles. Do you think it was fair for Germany to blamed for the whole war?

Were parts of it fair? Was the league of Nations a good idea? Whatever your stance is,

be sure to back it up with evidence found in the sources we studied in class. You are

expected to cite your evidence using in-text citations and to generate a bibliography

using at least three sources. Each paragraph should be 3-5 sentences, double spaced,

and using Times New Roman font.

 Essay Rubric

Criteria Need improvement - 1 Satisfactory - 2 Excellent - 3

Spelling and grammar Major spelling, Minor spelling and Miniscule

grammar, and format grammar errors. Uses spelling and
errors correct format grammar errors.
Uses correct
format

Use of evidence Uses only 1 source Uses at least 2 Uses at least 3

and no citations or sources and sources and
bibliography attempted citations. uses proper
includes bibliography citations.
Includes
bibliography
Length of explanation Does not meet Meets Paragraph Meets both
sentence or paragraph requirement but has sentence and
requirement short or inadequate paragraph
sentences requirement