Lesson plan (English)
Topic: League of Nations. Genesis and goals of creation
Target group
7th‑grade students of elementary school
Core curriculum
XXVII. Europe and the world after World War I. Pupil:
is characterized by the provisions of the Paris conference and the Locarno treaty; evaluates the functioning of the League of Nations and the order of Versailles.
General aim of education
Students learn about the genesis and functioning of the League of Nations in the interwar period.
Key competences
communication in foreign languages;
digital competence;
learning to learn.
Criteria for success
The student will learn:
explain the most important goals and institutions of the League of Nations;
about reasons of the United States' absence among members of the League;
indicate the advantages and disadvantages of the first international organization in the world.
Methods/techniques
activating
discussion.
expository
talk.
exposing
film.
programmed
with computer;
with e‑textbook.
practical
exercices concerned.
Forms of work
individual activity;
activity in pairs;
activity in groups;
collective activity.
Teaching aids
e‑textbook;
notebook and crayons/felt‑tip pens;
interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers.
Lesson plan overview
Before classes
The teacher asks students to review the knowledge from the previous lesson (Effects of the First World War, Paris Conference and the Treaty of Versailles).
Introduction
The teacher gives the students the subject, the purpose of the lesson and the criteria for success.
The teacher asks students who was the originator of the League of Nations. Then the students carry out the Task 1, listing on the basis of the attached map the European members of the League.
Realization
The teacher explains to students what a SWOT analysis is. He asks that in the course of the lesson they are to draw attention to the strengths and weaknesses of the League of Nations existence, because this information will be useful to them at the end of the class.
Then, he instructs students to search in the English‑language materials on the Internet for information on the aims and bodies of the League of Nations: the General Assembly, the Council, the Court of Justice in The Hague and the International Labor Organization. Students also carry out Task 2 (refer to the reasons for the absence of the United States) and Exercise 1 (supplement the table with countries having individual seats) and answer the questions from the Task 3. They are looking for information about the strengths and weaknesses of this organization, analyze the most important events regarding this topic, placed on the timeline. The teacher makes sure that the tasks have been correctly completed and gives feedback.
Students - in groups of at least two (the more groups, the more involved in the task) - carry out a SWOT analysis. The teacher proposes the use of its variant with the use of iconographic materials. For this purpose - after analyzing the proposed illustrations, the students do Exercise 2. In the table they place the appropriate illustrations in selected parts. In the course of their work, the teacher provides feedback to students.
Summary
After the exercise, selected people from each team present the results of the work. At the end, the teacher asks for a common position on the problem being analyzed. On the SWOT sheet displayed on the blackboard, students can suggest independently prepared iconographic materials, graphs, maps, in addition to the assigned drawings.
The teacher provides the students with surveys, in which they evaluate their own work during the lesson, the activity of their peers, and assess what they liked about the lesson.
Homework
The teacher sets homework (it is not an obligatory part of the scenario): the students do in writing the Task 13 from the e‑textbook. They formulate three proposals that could increase the effectiveness of the League of Nations in maintaining world peace and preventing global conflicts. They assess the hopes of the narrator expressed in the document „Liquidation of the League of Nations” (PKF14 / 46) on the website of the Digital Repository FINA.
The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson
Terms
Esperanto - międzynarodowy język pomocniczy; jego twórcą był polski lekarz Ludwik Zamenhof , który w książce zatytułowanej „Dr Esperanto” (czyli Doktor Nadzieja) opublikował w 1887 podstawy języka; spopularyzowany przez Ligę Narodów
izolacjonizm - kierunek polityki zagranicznej sprowadzający się do obrony interesów i bezpieczeństwa własnego państwa.
Międzynarodowa Organizacja Pracy – instytucja zajmująca się m.in. ograniczeniem pracy dzieci, ochroną praw pracowników, poprawą warunków pracy i zatrudnienia; jeden z najskutecvzniejszych organów Ligi Narodów.
Rada Ligi Narodów – najważniejsza instytucja tej organizacji międzynarodowej; składała się ze stałych i niestałych członków; początkowo stałymi przedstawicielami były: Francja, Wielka Brytania, Włochy i Japonia; do jej kompetencji należało nakładanie sankcji, kontrola funkcjonowania systemu mandatowego, ochrona praw mniejszości narodowych, działalność mediacyjna i rozjemcza.
ratyfikacja – najbardziej uroczysty sposób wyrażenia ostatecznej zgody na związanie się umową międzynarodową przez upoważniony do tego organ państwowy
Sekretariat Ligii Narodów - organ administracyjny Ligi, który zapewniał ciągłość prac, kierował bieżącą działalnością; przygotowywał projekty rezolucji oraz ustaw.
System mandatowy – kategoria nadana dawnym koloniom niemieckim oraz krajom odłączonym od imperium tureckiego, zakładająca przygotowanie tych krajów do uzyskania samodzielności i w konsekwencji niepodległości.
Trybunał Sprawiedliwości w Hadze – organ rozstrzygający spory między państwami i wydający opinie doradcze
Zgromadzenie Ogólne Ligi Narodów – jeden z organów tej organizacji międzynarodowej, który miał rozpatrywać wszystkie kwestie związane z pokojem światowym, a które mieściły się w ramach kompetencji Ligi.
Texts and recordings
League of Nations. Genesis and goals of creation
The founder of the League of Nations was US President Woodrow Wilson. Issues related to the world peace were to be examined by the Assembly. It adopted resolutions and instructions. However, the most important institution of the League was the Council. It involved permanent and non‑permanent members. The following became the special bodies: permanent International Court of Justice in Hague (it resolved issues among countries and issued advisory opinions) and International Labor Organization (it dealt with, among others, the limiting of child labor, protection of employee's rights, improvement of working conditions and employment. The seat of the organization was in Geneva. One of the tasks of the League of Nations was the supervision of compliance with regulations of the so‑called Little Treaty of Versailles (i.e. minor treaty). Another action was the creation of a mandate protection system over German colonies and countries detached from the Ottoman Empire. The USA never joined the League of Nations. The army which could take action against aggressors has never been created. Countries which started conflicts left the League in order not to bear responsibility. The reason for the weakness of the League of Nations was also the voting system (governing rule of unanimous decision).