Alabama Social Studies SS24.WH.7c
The Standard
- SS24.WH.7
- Explain causes and consequences of World War I, including imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and the alliance system.
Explain the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, including political and boundary changes.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students locate land Germany lost after the war. They explain how reparations, military limits, and the war guilt clause affected Germany. They connect those terms to anger over the peace settlement.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can mark Alsace-Lorraine and the Polish Corridor on a map and name who gained each. They can explain why many Germans blamed leaders who accepted the treaty.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Germany lost all its land. Some credit this treaty with every new European border, though other peace treaties changed borders too. Others treat reparations as land taken from Germany rather than payments.
How to Assess It
- Give students a blank 1920 Europe map. Ask them to label Alsace-Lorraine and the Polish Corridor, then explain one political effect of a treaty term.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs 1914 and 1920 maps; have them shade Alsace-Lorraine and the Polish Corridor, then label who gained each.
Ask: Which term angered Germans most, war guilt, reparations, or lost land? Defend your choice with one effect.
Run a card match: students pair treaty terms with outcomes, then explain why each pair belongs together.
Put a current map beside a 1920 map; students find the Polish Corridor and note how the border has changed.
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Related Standards
- SS24.5.5
Summarize the primary causes and consequences of World War I.
- SS24.HOS.11
Summarize the events leading to the outbreak of World War II and how Germany’s actions violated the Treaty of Versailles.*
- SS24.WH.7
Explain causes and consequences of World War I, including imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and the alliance system.
- SS24.US2.2d
Compare the reasons given by opposing sides in the debate over whether the United States should ratify the Treaty of Versailles (1919).
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