SWBAT identify the flaws in the Versailles Peace Treaty and how that led to future problems in Europe and the rest of the world

SWBAT identify the flaws in the Versailles Peace Treaty and how that led to future problems in Europe and the rest of the world

1. Think about why countries might feel the need to commemorate a war: What does it mean to commemorate? What are some examples of war memorials or commemorations you are familiar with in the US? Whose perspective should be taken into account when a country commemorates a war? How might a victorious nation's commemoration be different from that of a nation that lost the war? Do you know anything about the Confederate Statues controversy and if so what's your opinion?
2. Analyze a painting about the war: Commemorating the War 
3. Commemorative Painting
4. Compare to painting "The Blind Leading the Blind" (By Pieter Bruegel - 1568) and the wall relief in Munich's Kriegerdenkmal im Hofgarten war memorial   
5. Questions to Consider
6. Watch "Christmas Truce" clip and "All Quiet on the Western Front" clip 
7. Go over homework
8. Lecture: The Versailles Treaty
9. Video: Paris 1919 
10. Answer questions for documentary Paris 1919

Homework:
Finish the documentary and answer questions (Paris 1919) Complete the " The Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's 14 points (Must be handwritten)