League of Nations Activity 9/23/11

Activity 5: Look at the successes and failures of the League of Nations in the 1920s

Successes: Aaland Islands, Upper Silesia, Memel, Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, and the Social Successes. (Also page 37 in their text)

Failures: Italy, Teschen, Vilna, Russia Poland War, Invasion of Ruhr, Albania,

Website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/leagueofnations.htm

In a group of three, have students do independent research on 3 examples above. Ask the students to explain for each one 1) How effective the League was and 2) why it was or was not successful. See if they can find any common factors in these studies.

League of Nations Videos

Below are some great links to videos for the League of Nations. I will add to them as I discover them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ldr18Rnho&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL4E4D9228A80B4684

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdHA5uT9ocg

BINDER CHECK PART II PEACE TREATIES

Last week, we checked the following assignments (the students did a self assessment on these):

Assignments for Peace Treaties

KWL+VOCAB 10 Points

TREATY OF VERSAILLES SUMMARY 10 Points

BIG 3 WORKSHEET REVISION 5 Points

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE/ TREATY OF VERSAILLES CORNELL 10 Points

TREATY SUMMARY (OTHER) 10 Points

POLITICAL CARTOONS 10 Points

50 Points Total

*** IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THESE ASSIGNMENTS CHECKED BY MR. RANDALL, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO SO ASAP!!!!

Assignment 9/22

Activity 4: Review 30-32. Read 32-37. Identifies the structure/organization/membership of the league. Making a chart, list characteristics that make the league effective and ineffective. Try to have at least 10 examples! If you would like to use a website, there is one below you can peruse. Focus on the organization and not the individual cases though, as we will look at these later.

Column1 Column2
Effective ineffective



http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/leagueofnations.htm