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Substantive Assignment Part #1
Marks/ 10
Use the map below to answer the questions that follow. (You may use one country more than once.)
Please use the country name, not the letters.
What country had to sign the war-guilt clause in the Treaty of Versailles?
What country's leader left the Paris Peace Conference, in anger part way through, as his country's claims were
being ignored?
What country got access to the sea through territory that had belonged to Germany?
What country was forbidden to unite with Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?
What country received North Schleswig as a result of a referendum?
What country received South Schleswig as a result of a referendum?
What country was, in essence, an enlarged Serbia?
What country wanted the Rhineland made into an independent state but wasn't given this by the Treaty of
Versailles?
What country and Germany gained Upper Silesia by a League of Nations ruling?
What country got back, by the Treaty of Versailles, much of the territory it had lost by the Treaty of BrestLitovsk ?
Which country lost much of its territory to Britain and France as League of Nations mandates?
Which country continued to fight against Turkey when the latter refused to accept the terms of the Treaty of
Sèvres?
What country got control of the Saar coal fields for fifteen years by the Treaty of Versailles?
This country's leader felt that the victors should seek a just peace after World War I, but was hampered by
public opinion that was in favour of a harsh peace?
This country had over 3 million Germans living within its boundaries, in an area called the Sudetenland?
Substantive Assignment Part #2
Marks/20
First Person Account of the Treaty of Versailles.
Response must be 1 page minimum, 2 pages max.
Instructions
Writing, as a participant in the Versailles negotiations, or as a citizen who was affected by the Treaty of
Versailles, please recount your thoughts, feelings, and perspectives about this agreement.
Some possible choices – you could write as if you are:
 Woodrow Wilson
 David Lloyd George
 Georges Clemenceau
 Vittorio Orlando
 citizen of Germany
 citizen of France
 an American.
• First-person means that you must write using pronouns such as "I," "me,", or "my."
8 Elements to write about in your composition:
1. Identify yourself by name and explain your role
2. Explain the viewpoint you held prior to the negotiations at Versailles
3. Explain what occurred at the treaty negotiations and whether you supported or opposed how the treaty
was drafted
4. Explain whether you are a Realist or Idealist, or both?
5. Discuss some provisions of the treaty that you support or can at least accept.
6. Identify three articles (provisions) of the Treaty of Versailles that you would like to change if given an
opportunity.
7. Discuss how the people of your country are likely to react to the Treaty.
8. Provide a prediction of whether this treaty and the League of Nations will keep Peace in Europe. Is the
treaty designed to preserve peace or has it set into motion grievances that are likely to push the world
into war once again?
** For example French field Marshal Foch of France said in 1919: "This is not a peace. It is an armistice [cease
fire] for twenty-one years." By this he meant Germany had not been weakened enough and would rise again to
make war.
Sources for Research: * you must use at least two different sources
Videos
Mr. Portman – Treaty of Versailles in 5 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbok5tQICes
Online Videos –
http://youtu.be/m3nD_0Pjz4w
http://youtu.be/ShRA8HRMR4Q
http://youtu.be/caDW4e7_nxI
Make Germany Pay
http://youtu.be/J31vkB4IdS0
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe1qyh_world-war-i-treaty-of-versailles_news
Wikipedia and websites: [introductory list…you may use others]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_I
http://www.rpfuller.com/gcse/history/2.html
Criteria for Evaluation:
(see attached rubric at the end of this document for assignment for details)
Authenticity – description of the Treaty of Versailles is convincing. Student has stayed in role and written
using accurate and comprehensive details in first person (5 marks)
 course PLO A2, A3
Evidence – supporting evidence is used throughout the response. Evidence from at least two sources is used (5
marks)
 course PLO A1
Elements – all 8 writing elements have been discussed in the submission (5 marks)
 course PLO B2
Composition and Editing – response is free of writing errors and has been carefully edited prior to submission
(5 marks)
 course PLO A1
A Substantive Assignment Part
P Part #3
Leader from France:
The Three Perspectives On
Versailles
10 Marks
Leader from the U.S.:
Leader from Britain:
Realist or Idealist? Briefly Explain why.
What did each leader want?
Which excerpts from the Treaty of Versailles did each leader support?
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Define Self-Determination-
In response to Woodrow Wilson’s concept of self-determination, his Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby,
reacted with confusion and then alarm: “When the president talks of ‘self-determination’ what unit has he in
mind? Does he mean a race, a territorial area, or a community? It will raise hopes which can never be realized.
It will, I fear, cost thousands of lives.”
Some people now claim that it has ended up costing millions of lives.
Using prior knowledge and your knowledge of current events, find at least three future conflicts that were a
result of self-determination or its imperfect application. Think in terms of states that had/have an ethnic
minority, or ethnic groups that have no state.
Please answer in the space below:
Objective/Criteria
Authenticity
Evidence
Elements
Performance Indicators
Not
Completed
Needs
Improvement
Meets
Expectations
Proficient
Exceptional
(0 points)
Account is not
authentic or
accurate.
Student did not
write in first
person.
*course PLO
A2, A3
(1 points)
Account is not
sufficiently
authentic or
accurate. Student
did not write
entire account in
first person.
*course PLO A2,
A3
(3 points)
Description of
Treaty is
acceptable.
Student has
stayed in role
and written using
somewhat
accurate and
detailed
information in
first person (5
marks)
(4 points)
Description of the
Treaty of
Versailles is
proficient.
Student has
stayed in role and
written using
mainly accurate
and
comprehensive
details in first
person
(5 points)
Description of the
Treaty of
Versailles is
convincing.
Student has
stayed in role and
written using
accurate and
comprehensive
details in first
person
*course PLO A2,
A3
*course PLO A2,
A3
(1 points)
Supporting
evidence is used
in only small
segments.
Evidence from
only 1 source was
used
(3 points)
Supporting
evidence is used
in most parts of
the response.
Evidence from at
least two sources
was used
(4 points)
Supporting
evidence is used.
Evidence from at
least two sources
was used
*course PLO A1
* course PLO A1
(1 points)
4 or fewer writing
elements have
been discussed in
the submission
*course PLO B2
(3 points)
5 of the 8 writing
elements have
been discussed
in the submission
*course PLO B2
(1 points)
Response contains
writing errors.
Little evidence of
editing prior to
submission
(3 points)
(4 points)
Response is
Response is
somewhat free of generally free
writing errors
from writing
and has been
errors and has
edited prior to
been edited prior
submission
to submission
*PLO A1
*PLO A1
(0 points)
No supporting
evidence was
provided.
Account did not
use at least
two sources of
evidence.
(0 points)
Zero of the 8
writing
elements have
been discussed
in the
submission
*course PLO B2
Composition & Editing (0 points)
Numerous
writing errors.
No evidence of
editing prior to
submission
*PLO A1
*PLO A1
* course PLO A1
*course PLO A2,
A3
(5 points)
supporting
evidence is used
throughout the
response.
Evidence from at
least two sources
was used
* course PLO A1
(4 points)
6 of the 8 writing
elements have
been discussed in
the submission
*course PLO B2
(5 points)
All 8 writing
elements have
been discussed in
the submission
*course PLO B2
(5 points)
Response is free
from writing
errors and has
been carefully
edited prior to
submission
*PLO A1
out of 20
Grading Rubric for Substantive Assignment Part #2