1 TA K E AC T I O N Act out a peace conference S TA R T I N G P O I N T 1. Remember what you have learnt about the Paris Peace Conference. Search for more information about the conference if necessary. Which countries were present? What were the main agreements that were reached? Who was most prominent at the talks? 2. Select which countries will send delegations to your conference. Make sure there are delegations from at least France, the UK, Russia, the USA and Japan at your conference. Decide whether the defeated countries, especially Germany, will be present. Bear in mind that each country's delegation will consist of more than one person, so they will have to agree on the position they will take at the conference. P R E PA R E YO U R P R OJ E C T 3. Appoint a secretary to record what is said at the conference. 4. Make an opening speech outlining the purpose and objectives of the conference. Choose which historical figure will be in charge. 5. Each delegation should present its proposals and reach joint agreements. Keep a record of the agreements. S H A R E YO U R P R OJ E C T 6. Reflect and evaluate as a class. What were the most difficult problems or issues to resolve? Why? How did you solve them? What was the overall atmosphere at the conference? Have you agreed on the same principles that were established in 1919? Explain why or why not. Do you think you have succeeded in establishing a lasting peace? Why or why not? Throughout history, peace conferences have been an instrument to politically reorganise the world, redefine the roles of countries and build new rules of international conduct. In peace negotiations there are always conflicting interests. If you had been at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, what would you have said? What would your proposal for a world order have been? Reflect on these ideas by recreating the peace conference. 31. Paris Peace Conference, 1919 32. (A) Woodrow Wilson, (B) George Clemenceau and (C ) David Lloyd George CHALLE NGE A B C 47
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