Why Did the League fail to achieve its aims

during the 1930s?Learning objectives:

1. To know what the Abyssinia Crisis was2. To analyse the similarities and differences between the Manchuria and Abyssinia Crisis’

concluding which Crisis was more damaging for the League

Key Question: Why did Disarmament fail in the 1930s?

O As a table you need to put the cards in order of what happened regarding Disarmament in order

O Then you need to put these into your books in the form of a flow diagram showing the stages the discussion/incidents went though

Be a Historian; explain….

1. Which incident/point in time was responsible for disarmament being a failure?

2. Who was to blame for its failure? – (Britain, France, Germany, everyone?)

3. Where should things have been done differently in order to achieve disarmament/stop Hitler re-arming Germany?

Its Pie-Time again!!!O Re-draw your League of Nations Pie

Chart in the margin O Briefly explain why you have drawn

it the way you have

Key Question: How did Mussolini’s invasion of

Abyssinia damage the League?O Read pages 40-43 of the text book in order

to complete the timeline into your exercise books making sure that you fill in all the missing gaps on the timeline.

How did Mussolini’s invasion affect the League?

- What were the similarities and differences between Manchuria and Abyssinia? Create a Two sided table with similarities down one side and differences down the other

- Which incident was worst for the reputation of the League Abyssinia or Manchuria? Give evidence to support/justify your answer

Team Challenge:O As a team you will have a selection

of Historical cartoons to analyseO I have already analysed them and

wrote down 6 things for each cartoon that I am hoping you will mention. Which ever team can mention the most of my points will win the team challenge and will win the prize.

O You will have 15 minutes to complete your analysis of ALL the cartoons!

German Cartoon from 1919

British cartoon published in Punch Magazine in 1919

A German Cartoon published in 1920

British Cartoon from Punch Magazine 1919

Failure of the

League of Nations

The French and British only looked after their own interests

The League had no army

The league had to enforce the

unfair TOV

The sanctions weren't good

enough

Super powers like the USA

were not in the League

The Decisions were too slow

You need to create an overall assessment of the LON

O You need a diagram that shows all of the success and failures of the LON

O Your Homework task is to write an assessment of the performance of the LON throughout both the 1920s and 1930s

O Remember: a good history answer has an intro, then gives both sides of the argument (balanced) and then a strong conclusion that gives your opinion as to whether it was a success or not and why.

Persuasive WritingO You need to write to reports on the

performance of the League of Nations: one in a positive light and one in a negative light

O The facts are the facts so the way you get your point across is through your use of language, the selection of details, and explain each event