SIOP

Teacher: Ms. Douglas

Lesson Plan Template 1

Date: 03/08/15

Unit/Theme: WWI/Treaty of Versailles

Grade/Class/Subject: 10th grade World History

Standards: H4.[9-12].14 Analyze the causes, course, and

effects of World War I and World War II on the world.
Nevada & the World
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.6:Compare the point of view
of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar
topics, including which details they include and emphasize in
their respective accounts.

Content Objective(s): SWBAT identify the main areas

Language Objective(s): Students will take notes and

of negotiation at the Paris Peace Conference and identify

who "The Big Three" were. SWBAT understand that the
desires of each country going into the negotiations were
different. Students will understand the specific negotiating
points of the conference: Rhineland, Alsace-Lorraine,
Reparations, War Guilt, Reduction of Germany's Armed
Forces, Dispostion of Colonies, and the League of Nations.

listen to a brief introduciton of the Paris Peace Conference

and the Treaty of Versailles. Student get into three large
groups to represent delegates at the Paris Peace
Conference and will read primary sources related to what
their country wanted to accomplish at the conference.
Students will then get into groups of three to negotiate and
determine their final outcomes. Students will then share their
results with the class and complete a written exit ticket.

KEY VOCABULARY: Reparations, "The Big Three",

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: See attached.

Alsace-Lorraine, Rhineland, League of Nations, Paris Peace

Conference, Treaty of Versailles.

SIOP FEATURES
PREPARATION
Adaptation of content
Links to background
Links to past learning
Strategies incorporated

SCAFFOLDING
Modeling
Guided practice
Independent practice
Comprehensible input

GROUP OPTIONS
Whole class
Small groups
Partners
Independent

INTEGRATION OF PROCESSES
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening

APPLICATION
Hands-on
Meaningful
Linked to objectives
Promotes engagement

ASSESSMENT
Individual
Group
Written
Oral

LESSON SEQUENCE: Warn-up: Review End of WWI and discuss casualties. Question: What were the final outcomes of
WWI, which countries had the most financial losses? Which countries lost the most people (civilians and soldiers)
Think/Pair/Share: Students will write down their response, share with their neighbor then share with the class.
Students will participate in a whole group activity, the Treaty of Versailles simulation. There will be three groups of delegates
to represent the three main countries. Each group of delegates will discuss their goals for negotiation. Once each group has
agreed on the goals. Each member will form another small group to include all delegates from each country. Each group will
then negotiate and attempt to meet their original goals.
Next we will debrief and I will show a powerpoint indicating the actual provisions of the Treay of Versailles indicating that
some of the options on their simulation activity were some of the provisions handed to Germany.

REFLECTIONS: Students will then complete an exit ticket indicating something they learned from the activity and how they
would feel if the were a Germany citizen just discovering the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.

Template adapted from Echevarria, Vogt, and Short (2008), Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP

Model.