Jigsaw: Historical Interpretations
Source: “World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1,” BBC News
Jamboard Link (click here)
We will work in groups to examine the different historical interpretations of the causes of WWI.
In your group;
- Access the BBC article on lesson 8 of the WordPress.
- Read through your assigned historians interpretations.
- Identify the countries each historian blames for causing the war.
- Outline each historian’s reasons for their interpretations.
- Share your work on the Jamboard (link on the WordPress).
| Reparations | A payment that must be made as punishment for something. Germany was required to pay billions of dollars in reparations to France and Belgium. |
| Treaty of Versailles | The peace treaty that ended World War One between the Allied Powers and the German Republic (no longer the German Empire). |
| Armistice | A formal agreement to stop military action during war. However, an armistice is not the same as a peace treaty because it does not include any agreement about how peace will be achieved or what the peace will look like. |
| War Guilt Clause | Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles states that Germany accepts all responsibilty for causing the damages occurring during the war. |
| November Revolution | Beginning with mutinies in the German navy, social unrest led to a revolution and the establishment of a democratic republic known as the Weimar Republic. Kaiser Wilhelm fled to the Netherlands where the Dutch royal family protected him from arrest. |
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