February 19 - 28, 2014 (Vanessa)

Week Seven, Day 2 - Week Eight, Day 2
Depth Research and Team Activity - Was The Treaty of Versailles a Mistake? (Part 1)

Notes from Ashura's presentation

• There are four types of treaty: military, territorial, financial, and general.
• In military, the armies fell apart, and then the navies were not really working well.
• Territorial meant taking over lands. Countries all across Europe wanted to take the land which Germany invaded.
• Financial had something to do with money. Financial economics of Germany was really low, and it kept on dropping. 
• General simply meant everything. 
• Germany had no choice in signing the treaty. They did it anyway, in hopes to stop the World War from happening. They were given two choices: to sign the treaty, or let the other countries invade Germany.
• With this, Germany was very disappointed, and not satisfied. They hated the fact that they were accused for causing the war.
• Treaty was a peace settlement in the Russian Revolution, which happened in 1917. It was signed near Paris, at the Versailles Palace.

Notes from Trisha's presentation

• The treaty was formed for a reason: to end the First World War.
• Germany was forced to sign the treaty.
• A peace settlement was made after the First World War. It was given to Germany on May 7th, 1919. It took Germans 3 weeks to accept the treaty. 
• The treaty was signed on Saturday, June 28th, 1919.
• More than 30 countries around the world signed the treaty, such as German, France, UK, and Italy.
• It was signed at the Versailles Palace.

Notes from Allegra's presentation

• Armistice Day is on November 11th. Armistice Day is the anniversary of November 11th, 1918.
• There were the Big Three. Big Three consisted of Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and George Clemenceau. 
• Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George thought it would be better for everyone if German was not punished. They did not want to add more problems.
• On the other hand, George Clemenceau thought the opposite. He thought it was better to teach German a lesson by punishing them.

Notes on Vanessa's presentation

• Treaty is a fair agreement made by other countries.
• Treaty of Versailles is also known as Traité de Versailles.
• It was signed in order to end World War I.
• Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and George Clemenceau were the Big Three. Wilson came from the US, Lloyd George came from the UK, while Clemenceau came from France.
• Wilson thought that punishing German would result German wanting revenge, and that Fourteen Points would bring peace. Fourteen Points was a statement.
• The war mostly took place in France. Due to this, Clemenceau wanted to punish German. He could not accept the fact that France was mostly destroyed, and nobody was guilty for it.
• On the other hand, Lloyd George agreed with Wilson, and also Fourteen Points. He did not want to cause more trouble. 
• On June 28th, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
• Germany was very mad for being accused. Germans thought it was unfair for them, but they had no other choice.