Date of recording:

June 29, 2022

Duration:

19:30 min

About the Speaker

Uluğ Kuzuoğlu, Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Kuzuoğlu works and teaches on modern Chinese and global history.

Slides for Classroom Use

Asia and the Paris Peace Conference Ending WWI – Presentation PDF [12 MB]

Teaching Guide

Outline & Key Points for Teachers

Background Reading and Classroom Material

The Treaty of Versailles [PDF] [University of Texas, Hemispheres Consortium]
On May 4, 1919 protests against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles broke out in China. This curriculum unit reviews the end of World War I and the impact of the treaty. It includes an overview of the treaty and its provisions as well as an analysis exercise using photographs and political cartoons [PDF].

Peacemaking, 1919: The Peace Conference at Versailles [Reacting Consortium]
This game places students inside the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the complicated and politically fraught peace conference that will bring an end to the Great War. Students represent nations and will grapple with complex ideas including: international cooperation vs. sovereignty; acceptable conduct of war; self-determination, nationalism, democracy and imperialism; disarmament; the rights and treatment of minority populations.

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