CLIL History

M1 The Great War ACTIVITY 4.H Complete the text below by inserting the words given. economically empires creation self-determination stage devastation conference enduring disabled project defeated responsible The Consequences of the War In January 1919, the peace (1.) ............ ... to end World War I began in Versailles, near Paris. It led to five peace treaties that were signed between 1919 and 1920. The international (2.) ............ ... presented many changes and new problems had to be solved. The four great (3.) ............ ... (the Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian and the Ottoman Empires) had collapsed. The Russian Empire had become a Communist state. The conflict had caused around 10 million victims, and a large number of wounded and (4.) ............ ... among the armed forces but uncountable civilians had also suffered. The human and material costs of the war were enormous for both the (5.) ............ ... and the winners. Furthermore, the French government had suffered (6.) ............ ... as a result of the German aggression and wanted to destroy the German Empire both militarily and (7.) ............ ... As a result the German Empire was harshly punished, and had to give up the Alsace-Lorraine region because it was considered to be the main country (8.) ............ ... for the war. The protagonists of the Versailles Conference were Prime Minister David Lloyd George (UK), Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (France), Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (Italy) and President Woodrow Wilson (USA). In January 1918 President Wilson had presented his Fourteen Points (9.) ........ ............ ... to the American Congress. It was supposed to establish a new, (10.) ............ ... , peaceful and democratic order in the world. In particular he endorsed the principle of (11.) ... ................................. , which was the right for the peoples of the world to form their own nations and choose their own governments. The last point of this peace program proposed the (12.) ............ ... of an organization the League of Nations in which international disputes could be settled peacefully. ACTIVITY 5 General revision 1. What were the most important political, economic and cultural causes of the Great War? 2. Explain the expression chain reaction referred to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. 3. Explain the difference between a war of movement and a war of position. Give examples referred to the Great War. 4. What did the Treaty of London establish? 5. How can you describe the Fourteen Points Program by Woodrow Wilson? FINAL TASK CASE STUDY Individual work Choose one of the two options and write a letter of 150-200 words. 1. You are a soldier who is fighting in the Great War. Write a letter to someone at home (parents, brother, girlfriend or wife) describing your experience in the trenches and your hopes for the future. In your letter you must decide what nationality you are, where you are, who you are fighting against, and what point the war is at (beginning, middle, end). 2. You are an officer writing a report to the General Headquarters describing what is happening in the front lines and how the troops are fighting. In your letter you must decide what nationality you are, where you are, who you are fighting against, and what point the war is at (beginning, middle, end). 15

CLIL History
CLIL History
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