Lesson One: The "Big Four"
Goals and Objectives:
Goal: Students will distinguish the “Big Four's” impact on the Paris Peace Conference.
Objective: Students will interpret and analyze the different roles and motivations the “Big Four” had in drafting the Treaty of Versailles during the Paris Peace Conference.
Objective: Students will interpret and analyze the different roles and motivations the “Big Four” had in drafting the Treaty of Versailles during the Paris Peace Conference.
California State Content and Common Core Standard
10.6.1 Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, the terms and influence of the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the causes and effects of the United States rejection of the League of Nations.
CCS 9-10.2 reading. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
CCS 9-10.9 writing. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCS 9-10.2 reading. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
CCS 9-10.9 writing. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Lesson Introduction
Students will participate in a Think-Pair-Share activity. They will be presented with an essential question. Students will write their responses to “what are different motivation factors in achieving an end result?” They will then pair with a partner to discuss their results. After, as a whole class, students will share their response and brainstorm ideas that motivate people in accomplishing their goals.
Vocabulary
The teacher will present the key terms to the students prior to the start of the lecture. During the lecture, the key terms will be highlighted and explained though out the lecture.
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
The “Big Four”
Paris Peace Conference
Allied Powers
Central Powers
German High Seas Fleet
Reparations
Disarmament
Self-determination
Associated Power
Treaty of London
Sidney Sonnino
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
The “Big Four”
Paris Peace Conference
Allied Powers
Central Powers
German High Seas Fleet
Reparations
Disarmament
Self-determination
Associated Power
Treaty of London
Sidney Sonnino
Content Delivery
Students will be presented with a lecture that identifies the “Big Four” during the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference. The lecture will discuss each member’s goals, ideas, and motivations in constructing the Treaty of Versailles. The teacher will include quotes that reflect the attitude of each member of the “Big Four” and ask critical thinking and comprehension questions.
Student Engagement
The teacher will hand students guided notes to use during the lecture. The guided notes will have students identify each member’s goals and ideas for the framework of the Versailles Treaty and analyze their motivations that influenced the stipulation implemented in the treaty. The teacher will walk around the classroom to assess the students progress on completing the guided notes.
Lesson Closure
Students as a whole-class, will brainstorm the motivations each member had in fulfilling their goals and ideas during the Paris Peace Conference.
Assessment
Formative Assessment: The teacher will ask critical thinking and comprehension questions during the lecture for students to reflect on their progress in the lesson.
Summative Assessment: Student will participate in a quick write. Using knowledge from the lecture, students will reflect on the question “which “Big Four” leader’s negotiation tactic do you support the most and why?”
Summative Assessment: Student will participate in a quick write. Using knowledge from the lecture, students will reflect on the question “which “Big Four” leader’s negotiation tactic do you support the most and why?”
Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and Students with Special Needs
The guided notes will aid student’s comprehension of the lecture. In addition, the key terms are presented before the lecture and highlighted though out the presentation to emphasize their importance and to define words together as a class. All students will be given a list of the key terms to define during the lecture and to keep with them to refer back to. Students are partnered according to the seating chart the teacher has put together. The purpose is so that EL, Striving readers, and students with special needs will be partnered with someone who is stronger in their comprehension skills. By participating in a think-pair-share activity, these students are put in a position to receive strong support from a fellow student.