The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles:
This treaty was created in 1919 (Post WW1) by David Lloyd (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), Woodrow Wilson (USA) as a way to prevent further problems from Germany. This treaty was made to force Germany to pay for the damage caused in WW1, take all the blame, give up some of their land and all of their colonies, pay reparations to France and greatly decrease their military. This treaty was made in an effort to prevent Germany from being strong enough to cause more trouble, as we all know, they shot themselves in the foot.

The treaty was binding for just over 20 years (June 28, 1919- September 1st, 1939). The treaty was signed after WW1 and was taken out of power once the Nazi party took control over Germany.

The treaty was between Germany and the Allied powers, composed by the leaders of France, Britain and the USA. France had suffered much damage as a consequence of WW1, angry about what Germany had done. England suffered from a great cost of resources and soldiers, making them want Germany to pay for the damage. The USA entered WW1 reasonable late, sustaining very little damage due to the different continents. They all knew that another event like that would be disastrous. They wrote The Treaty of Versailles as a way to prevent further conflict from Germany, by making them too weak to fight. We all know how well that went.

The negative consequences of The Treaty of Versailles include:
- A major economic issue in Germany
-Increased anger among the Germans.
- Nationalist extremest inspiring others to 'restore Germany to its former glory'.
-The entirety of World War two.
( well done guys, great job).

How is this Treaty similar to The Treaty of Waitangi:
-both treaties between two major parties (British and Maori) and (Allied forces and Germany)
-both treaties were created to prevent further conflict and create peace (The treaty of Versailles definitely failed at this)
- both caused further conflict over unfair terms.

Conclusion: The Treaty of Versailles failed miserably.

What are we learning: About treaties (mainly The Treaty of Waitangi), why they were needed and their outcome.
How does this show my learning: I have compared The Treaty of Waitangi to The Treaty of Versailles, and have explained some similarities and outcomes from both.
I am wondering: Why the strict terms of The Treaty of Versailles were supposed to keep Germany at Bay. How would that actually work.




sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles-1

https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWversailles.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jycVFL8CNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYhLNQMRro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLJEdp7gdVo

Treaty comparison: The Treaty of Waitangi and The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the Maori chiefs of New Zealand and the British settlers. The agreement was unfair in the fact that some of the terms were regarding the idea of sovereignty, a concept which is unfamiliar to Maori.

The Treaty of Versailles:
This treaty was created in 1919 (Post WW1) by David Lloyd (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), Woodrow Wilson (USA) as a way to prevent further problems from Germany. This treaty was made to force Germany to pay for the damage caused in WW1, take all the blame, give up some of their land and all of their colonies, pay reparations to France and greatly decrease their military. This treaty was made in an effort to prevent Germany from being strong enough to cause more trouble, as we all know, they shot themselves in the foot.

Similarities:
-both treaties between two major parties (British and Maori) and (Allied forces and Germany)
-both treaties were created to prevent further conflict and create peace (The treaty of Versailles definitely failed at this)
- both caused further conflict over unfair terms.

Differences: Treaty of Waitangi:
- The treaty was made to create a peaceful country
-both parties had a similar idea of what they wanted ( A stable nation to live in).
-The unfairness ones from translation between languages and cultures.
-Has been binding for 179 years.

Differences in the treaty of Versailles: 
-Created as way to prevent further conflicts from Germany after WW1.
- The treaty of Versailles addressed many areas of Germany.
-The treaty was unfair in the fact it: forced Germany to take all the blame for the damages caused by WW1, forced Germany to pay a great amount of money, forced Germany to give up some of their land and all of their colonies, forced Germany to greatly decrease their military and restricted Germany from joining the League of Nations.
- Was binding for 20 years.

Creative writing

5.11.19

WALT: Identify and recognise ideas for 'risk or challenge' creative writing task, as well as physical sensations associated with it.

Ideas for risks/challenges:
Activities on camp
Sports, competitions
Project K
The dark
An abandoned house
Being in the army
Getting chased

Physical sensations:
Sweaty palms, feet, backs, forehead, nose, upper lips, back of legs/backs
Weak knees
shaking
heavy breathing
looking around a lot
pacing
leg bouncing
heart racing/pounding/bursting
butterflies in the stomach
blood drop
Dizziness

Creative writing: The last speech.

This term in English, we have been working on creative writing. We have been looking at different skills, language features to improve our writing. We were then given three classes to plan and write our creative writing piece about a risk or challenge. I based my writing on my 2017 end of year head student speech.

Reflection:
Over all I am proud of my work. I think I did a good job describing the feeling of anxiety being up in front of 200 people. I tried to give Maya her own language tone, like how we all have different ways to speak the same language.
Next steps:
I think my next steps are to improve my sentence variety, using more simple sentences and more complex punctuation.




The last speech.

The pew beneath me is hard wood, tagged countless times by students who must have been extremely bored at mass. I don’t blame them, Father Marco really likes the sound of his own voice. Mrs Smith is still talking about the success we have had this year, much more enthusiastic now than she has been throughout the year. Good to know she puts in some effort. For goodness sake Mrs Smith, we are a primary school, half these kids don’t even know what the heck you are saying. I fumble with the folded paper in my pocket, the edges aren't smooth and there are fold marks all over the sheet. What a great example I am setting. Well, hopefully next years head girl knows how to fold paper correctly. I have read this speech a hundred times, but I can barely remember what it says.

“Alright, I think I have spoken enough for now. I would like to bring up this years head students”. Her voice is quite whiny, now I think about it; a car screaming to a halt, for thirty minutes straight. Wait...Oh...THAT'S ME. The blood drains from my face, please don’t mess this up. We walk to the front of the church, standing beside the altar. I did not realise how many people were here…

James seems to have it together, but maybe he is panicking too… He starts his speech. His voice keeps unintentionally changing tones, maybe he’s finding out what sounds better. He doesn’t have his paper. Of course, he memorised the darn thing. Of course. I can’t feel the tips of my fingers, but I can see them twitching. I have no control over them. His inconsistent  voice stops, it’s my turn, OH GOD. I bring the paper out of my pocket and unfold it. The fold lines are extremely obvious, non symmetrical, like one of the new entrance five year olds folded it. My face feels cold, my mouth is dry. The hair at the back of my neck is matted with sweat. Do not stutter, do not stutter, do not stutter, DO NOT STUTTER. I know I’m speaking, but it sounds like static, like no words are actually being formed. Of course, they must be, or the middle aged Mums would be giving me the death stare right now.

I'm done. We step down from the raised floor and walk back to our seats. Please don’t fall. “Thank you James and Maya, this year's Head Students, now its time to move on to the year eight slideshow”.  Thank goodness.

If that was the most stressful part of the eight years I have spent at this school, High School is going to be absolutely world ending.Well, I say bring it on.

Home ec practical: Couscous salad.

Last Friday we made Couscous salad for our home economics practical. The practical was simple and our team worked really well together. I think the end product was good and we followed the recipe really well.

We are learning: about New Zealand's food culture and what dishes influence it.
How does this show our learning: This dish is a really great way to introduce people to other food cultures, using couscous (a cultural food from Morocco) along with many ingredients which we use in our day to day lives as Kiwi cooks.
I am wondering: If there was a more efficient way to cook the couscous.



The practical was split into three major parts.

Couscous: I was in charge of preparing the couscous. The first step was to sautee the onion and garlic until soft. Jess cut the onion whilst preparing the other vegetables, saving time and equipment (Thanks Jess!). After the onion was soft, the couscous was added and heated until transparent. The next step was to add a mix of vegetable stock and water to the pan for the couscous to cook in. The lid was then put on and left for ten minutes to cook (this actually took about fifteen minutes).

Vegetables: Jess cut the vegetables for the salad. We used cucumber, tomato and spinach. This went really well and was done in very little time.

Dressing: Nadia and Connor were in charge of preparing the dressing. The dressing consisted of lemon zest, lemon juice, pepper, salt and other herbs. The dressing was very lemony, the pepper bringing out the lemon flavor and making it an intense taste. The recipe could do with less lemon juice.



End product: The end product was good. The rest of the salad managed to dilute the dressing flavor enough for it to be enjoyable. We stayed on time and followed the recipe well. I think next time we could add more spinach, cut back on the lemon in the dressing and add some feta.


Nutrition:
This dish almost fits the meal guidelines.
Carbs: Couscous (1 serve)
Vegetables: (1 serve)
Fat: olive oil (1 serve)

Next time I would add some feta (for flavor and dairy) and some chickpeas (plant protein).