Follow the links below for downloadable podcasts, revision notes, activities and games.

To what extent were the 1919 peace treaties fair?

Background to the treaty
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Short BBC video clip

Gargle! The terms of the treaty
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Penalty Shoot Out Quiz
Short BBC video clip

German reactions to the treaty
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Key words crossword
BBC video looking at reactions

Was the treaty fair?
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Card Sort (powerpoint)

A student view
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The other treaties of 1919 and 1920
Match up quiz

 

Why was there no major war in the 1920s?

The aims and structures of the League of Nations
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Notes with suggested activities

Membership weaknesses and border disputes
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Use the notes from above

Why was there no major war in the 1920s?
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Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
BBC video looking at the reasons for the invasion and what the League did

Italian invasion of Abyssinia
A short BBC video looking at Mussolini’s invasion of modern day Ethiopia

 

Why did the Second World War break out in 1939?

The British and French Policy of appeasement
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Was appeasement a cowardly policy?
A short BBC video clip looking at arguments for and against appeasement.

Hitler’s foreign policy
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A BBC video summary of Hitler’s policy and actions

EXTENSION: There is an interesting article from the BBC that explains the development of the Second World War in terms of the legacy of the First World War. [External Link]