Failed Start of the League of Nations: video worksheets, differentiated

A very detailed and thorough account of Wilson’s vision and journey. Using archive footage and a variety of primary sources (all cited fully), this engaging film covers: 14 Points proposed, the League’s ideals, The Paris Peace Conference. Structure of the League, voting rights, vetoes, sanctions. Mandates of classes A, B, and C. US Senate’s opposition, 2/3 majority for ratification; Reservationists and Irreconcilables. Popular support. Wilson’s stroke, his proposal defeated. US Isolationism. “Entangling” alliances. UK sympathetic to US opposition to the League, Lloyd George’s approach; France, Japan, Belgium. Successes: dispute resolution, other civil successes in international cooperation.

Find the film by searching YouTube for “The Failed Start of The League of Nations I THE GREAT WAR 1920”. My link omits a 2-min trailer at the end, the film will stop straight after my sheet’s final question if you use my embedded link.

15 questions for the 21-min film (not inc. the omitted 2-min trailer). Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end (of my embedded link), no slack time! Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.