Intro to WW2 Lesson Plans Lesson Plans NEH Summer Institute at Ashland University Sunday, July 23 to Saturday, August 5, 2006 About | Sponsors | Faculty | Program Site | Lesson Plans In summer 2006, 28 teachers attended the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute “Churchill and America” co-sponsored by The Churchill Centre, Washington, D.C. and the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs in Ashland, Ohio. These lessons are the personal responses of teachers who attended the Institute. Course and Level reflect the audience teachers had in mind when planning their lessons. The Path to World War IIThe “Wooing” of America: Winston Churchill and the Strengthening of Anglo-American Relations, 1938-1941 by Robert B.
WWI End Leads to World War II "The Peace Treaty of Versailles: This is not Peace. It is an Armistice for twenty years." -- Foch Neither side was defeated in The Great War. The Allies considered themselves victors and wished to punish Germany for the years of war and to make them pay for what had been suffered and for the millions of lives lost. Wilson stressed Fourteen Points of self determination which violated established principles of European politics. Just as no one won the war, so too, no one won the peace. All European participants lost a generation of young men. Concerning the Pacific Japan entered the war on the allied side with the goal to conquer the German colony of Kiaochow in China.
Background: The Aftermath of World War I How did German defeat in World War I and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles set the stage for the rise of Nazism? OverviewImportanceKey FactsKey QuestionsMore Detail Overview World War I (1914–18) and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles had a tremendous impact on Germany. Germany experienced loss of population and territory, economic instability, and a chaotic political situation with a shaky, new democratic government. These elements combined to create a tense and difficult situation in the early 1920s. Back to top Importance When the Nazi government came to power in 1933, Germany was considered a modern, technologically advanced constitutional democracy. We now know that conditions such as these are factors associated with the risk of genocide and mass atrocity. Key Facts Germany lost 13 percent of its territory and 10 percent of its population. Key Questions Why did so many different German citizens dislike the Treaty of Versailles? What choices did German voters have in the 1920s?
Terms of the Treaty of Versailles The treaty was signed today at Versailles. At 10:30 am Washington time Phillips and I sat in the telegraph room on the 4th floor of the Dept. and had a direct wire from there to Versailles - with only two relays, one at London and one at Newfoundland, where it went into and came out of the submarine cable. It was 5¼ hours different time at Versailles. As each signed it was signalled out over the wire and ticked off on the receiver at our side and the operator read it by ear and wrote it out as received on a typewriter. Breckenridge Long, Diary (Saturday, 28 June 1919) Long was an US diplomat For five months the Big Three debated the terms of the Treaty. Meanwhile, thousands of people turned up to lobby the Big Three, hoping to get a hand-out in the final treaty. The small German delegation in Paris, who had been watching proceedings but not allowed to take part, were at last given the text of the Treaty on 7 May 1919.