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Title your book 'League of Nations' with the date.

Read the League of Nations information. Note down the main ideas.

In groups of 3, use the information to discuss the following questions. Note down key ideas.

1. In your own words, write down five key points that members of the League had to agree with when they joined the League.

2. Which country's refusal to join at the start created serious problems? Why was this country so important to the success of the League?

3. What do you think were the League’s biggest strengths and biggest weaknesses?

4. How would the citizens of a country feel if the League of Nations imposed sanctions on them? Is that fair?
What may this look like today?

As a class we will discuss your answers.

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The League of Nations was founded in 1920 after the Paris Peace Conference.

It was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose main mission was to maintain world peace.

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Collective security = acting together to restrain aggressors through sanctions or punishments

Sanction = punishment

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Under the constitution of the League of Nations every state was given one vote. New Zealand for example, with a population of under 1.3 million, had the same say as China with 500 million.

Was this fair? How should votes be allocated in a world body?