Activity #1: Boundaries	task: create a map of Europe if Germany and Central Powers had won; provide evidence to support	
RC#1A: Map: Napoleonic Europe: 1815	RC#1B: Map: Europe after Congress of Vienna: 1815	RC#2: Map: minorities of the Central Powers: 1914	RC#3: Map: Europe in 1914 and then after WW1	
RC#5: Treaty articles that defines the loss of German territory in Europe after WW1	RC#6: Map: German territorial losses in Europe, with commentary	RC#7: Map: steel manufacture, iron ore and coal in Europe	
Activity #2: Casualties	task: skit/story/poem describing your experience during the 'war to end all wars'	
RC#1: excitement of war
First person account of being in Vienna in 1914	RC#2: human reaction [poem]
The poem 'In Flanders Fields'	RC#3: Attrition 1916
Defines the phrase 'war of attrition, with map of the losses from the Battle of Flanders		
RC#4:  Chart of the human and economic losses of WW1	RC#5: Trench Warfare: a passage from Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'	RC#6: chart: Military losses of life: 1914 - 1918	RC#7: The Great Flu Epidemic
This epidemic killed soldiers and civilians around he world	
Activity #3 Reparations	task: Determine the reparations Europe should pay to Germany; provide your reasoning	
RC#1: Washington Post editorial condemning German arguments about the harshness of the treaty	RC#2: France's call for retribution, with a focus the damage to Verdun	RC#3: Squeeze the Lemon
British view towards reparations	
RC#4: Reparation's Claims
Lists from France, Italy and Great Britain	RC#5: 2 Charts: Costs of the war
[note: includes chart from Activity 2}	RC#6: Treaty articles: reparations
Lists Treaty of Versailles articles dealing with reparations	
Activity #4 Negotiations	task: design parade entry, which includes 2 of the 4 powers, at the end of the war when all treaties have been signed	
RC#1: the Big Three: 
•	Wilson vs, Clemenceau: polar opposites
•	Wilson: 14 points/idealism
•	Clem-: French security/revenge
•	Lloyd George: long term peace; avoid future entanglements of the 14 points	RC#2: The 14 points
•	From the American/Wilson view
•	Attempts to avoid selfish national interests
•	Lists the 14 points
•	Create League of Nations	RC#3: cartoons: Wilson/League
•	Wilson offered hope, but final treaty had little of the 14 points
League formed but US refuses to join or ratify Treaty	
RC#4: cartoons: Germany's view
•	The final treaty forces Ger. To pay and to accept responsibility
3 cartoons from German view	RC#5: Many nations/agendas
Chart of 7 nations treaty objectives, showing their desires, actual attainments, and signing status	RC#6: Paris Peace Conference
Summarizes the key decision makers and Italy's failure to gain their objectives	RC#8: Washington Post article
The German response to the requirement that they take full & sole responsibility for the War	

Activity # 5: Technology	task: create multimedia campaign to persuade treaty delegates include disarmament for ALL	
RC#1: development of trenches
•	Schlieffan Plan
•	Quick end to war
•	Stalemate
•	Map: trenches at end of 1915	RC#2: Graph
Comparing war daily war losses of 10 wars from 1815 to 1918	RC#3: eyewitness: trench warfare
•	Describes conditions of living in the trenches
•	Picture: layout of trench fortifications	RC#4: List: new weapons
•	List 5 weapons, what they did & their impact
•	Machine gun, tank, aircraft, u-boats, gas mask	
RC#5: Women's contributions
•	War ends unemployment 
•	women enter 'male' jobs; paid lower wages
•	crucial/dangerous work in munitions plants
•	most lose jobs at end of the war	RC#6: map: major battles
•	machine guns and long range shelling make infantry and cavalry ineffective
•	map of the major battle lines and battles	RC#7: Treaty restrictions on German military
•	Clem- gets his goal to permanently weaken Germany
•	Ger. Forced to disarm, limit navy, airforce and arms; end draft, 	
Activity # 6: Propaganda	task: design poster/slogan/jingle; use 4 propaganda techniques to recruit people to a personal cause	
RC#1: 3 posters on women
Encourages women's home front participation	RC#2: 4 recruiting posters
Focus's on the emotional effect of a gesture	RC#3: 2 posters: half truths
Propaganda slanted info, provided partial truths, name calling, etc. to stir outrage, revenge and support	
RC#4: 2 posters: mythical figures: Used mythical figures to shape the enemy as evil and 'our' side as just and right	RC#5: 2 posters: same images: Opposing sides would call on the same images and composition to support their side	
Activity # 7: Minorities & Non-western nations		task: news report, from point of view of non-European participants	
RC#1: Indian involvement
GB had a small standing army in 1914; relied on volunteers from their empire, especially India	RC#2: more in India; 2 photos
Indian troops faced conditions entirely different than their training, knowledge &  experience	RC#3: West Indies contributions
Caribbean/S. America: reviews their contributions of soldiers [mainly Black] & at home front	RC#4: African contributions
Allies attacked Ger. Colonies; reviews African's roles, sacrifices and positive attitudes	
RC#5: Porters in Africa
Vehicle & animal transport very difficult; used human carriers	RC#6: Racism: Entrenched racism, fear of arming, cannon fodder; US/African Black soldiers played significant roles 	RC#7: other ignored  groups: Quick/brief  overview of the contributions from China, Canada, Indochina, Japan, Latin America	
Activity # 8: Colonies	task: detailed proposal from former German colony seeking self-determination	
RC#1: Map of European colonies in Africa in 1914	RC#2: Map of European possessions in Asia and Pacific	RC#3: Mandate System
Ger. Colonies support Wilson's 14 points, seek self-determination, but end up with Mandates	RC#4: piece of the puzzle
British industrial dominance threatened by growing Ger. Imperialism. Focus on Toguland	
RC#5: to the victors go the spoils
Discusses the conflict between the Wilson and European views of who & how to handle Ger. Colonies. US Congress does not support Wilson's view	RC#6: White man's Burden
Explains European views, with quotes from McCauley, Kipling & Inge. Shows the 'Pear's Soap' ad	RC#7: treaty's colonial clauses
Germany to lose all lands, possessions, colonies, rights by treaties & alliances and other assets.