The aim of this lesson is for students to understand the cost of the First World War and why the ‘Big Three’ had competing ideas on how to deal with Germany.
This lesson is the first lesson of ‘Part 1’ covering the Inter-war Years 1918-39 for the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum. It also works for other exam boards that examine the background to the Treaty of Versailles.
Lesson begins with an overview of Part 1.
Students work together to recall information about WWI.
Students work together to complete a research task on WWI covering: alliance groups, casualty numbers by nation, location of fighting, new technologies, reasons for the German defeat and the date of the armistice.
The role of the Royal Navy blockade - along with battlefield defeats - is analysed with the focus being that Germany was a clearly defeated nation, thus laying the ground to discuss the ‘stab-in-the-back’ myth in later lessons.
Students are then introduced to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Adding another dimension to why Germany could not expect a ‘fair’ deal.
Students will then complete a writing task, practicing the P-E-E writing style in answer to three questions from the learning of the day.
The lessons concludes with a recap of the key information from the lesson.
Some key words and phrases from the lesson:
Treaty
Blockade
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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