CommonLit
Common Lit: The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
A learning module that begins with "The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Northwestern University
Northwestern University Library: League of Nations [Pdf]
On January 21, 1931, 12 nations came together to form a European Union now known famously as the League of Nations. Read here as to the original constitution, organization and procedures that formed this union.
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: "The League of the Iroquois" by Matthew Dennis
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article "The League of the Iroquois" by Matthew Dennis focuses on the 17th and 18th century "The League of the Iroquois" which united six Iroquois Nations: the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Debate in the United States Over the League of Nations
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Digital History
Digital History: Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations [Pdf]
President Woodrow Wilson had great hopes that a League of Nations would mean that there would be no more world wars. Read about the charter for the League of Nations, especially Article X, which provided the teeth for the organization....
Northwestern University
League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents
"Contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The documents focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament."
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
President Wilson lobbied for a "just peace" for the end of World War I. Read about his Fourteen Points that he thought would accomplish this. See how his plans for a League of Nations and the final terms of the Treaty of Versailles...
Other
The Penguin Companion to European Union: League of Nations
Read about the development and policies surrounding the League of Nations, a world-wide attempt to keep the world from further war after World War I.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: League of Nations
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to investigate why the League of Nations was rejected by...
Indiana University
Indiana University: League of Nations Photo Archive
This informative Indiana University site offers a pictorial guide to the League of Nations as well as valuable facts and background information. A detailed resource section provides a timeline, bibliography, and research guide. Peruse...
Northwestern University
Northwestern University Library: League of Nations
This guide provides a wide range of information regarding the League of Nations. It begins with a brief description of the League, its principal organizations and committees, and types of league resources. It includes document...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: Final Speech in Support of League of Nations
This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's last speech in support of the League of Nations delivered on September 25, 1919, in Pueblo, Colorado.
Ohio State University
E History: Covenant of the League of Nations
From John Clark Ridpath's History of the World, this page offers the Covenant of the League of Nations. This is the official document that the League of Nations used as a charter.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: The League of Nations
After World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson helped to build an international peacekeeping organization.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Americans and the Great War 1914 1919: From War to Peace
Examines how the United States contributed during the final stages of World War I, what Woodrow Wilson believed the world should look like after the war, and why the United States did not sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the League...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Us in Wwi: The Treaty of Versailles
Looks at the Treaty of Versailles, what its terms were, why America never ratified it or joined the League of Nations, why Germans grew to resent the burdens it imposed on them, and how this contributed to Hitler's rise to power....
Brigham Young University
Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Peace Treaty of Versailles
This site contains the text of the covenant of the League of Nations from the Peace Treaty of Versailles.
Other
League of Nations: 1920 1946 Map
A color-coded map from Matthew White's Homepage showing which countries were a part of the League of Nations during specific times in history.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: The Peacemaker
Explore how President Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, urged peace without revenge European self-determination, and the establishment of a peace-keeping League of Nations politicians both abroad and at home rejected his plans.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Treaty of Versailles: Peace Returns
Describes what happened at the end of World War I - the celebrations and the unnecessary final battles - as the Big Four (France, Britain, the United States, and Italy) sat down to begin negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles....
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: History of Us: Safe for Democracy?: Wilson's 14 Points [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs students to examine Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. They will discuss how Wilson's plan and the establishment of the League of...
The History Cat
The History Cat: America Enters the Ring
Describes the events leading up to America's entry into World War I and the changes that took place in America soon after. These included legislation such as the Selective Service Act and the Espionage and Sedition Acts, protests by...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 9-11) to pair with "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro. After decades of striving to be the perfect butler, Stevens embarks on a drive through postwar England that prompts him to reflect on...
Other
Le Mo: 1918 1933 Der Volkerbund
Brief overview from LeMO of the founding and history of the League of Nations, which was formed as a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I.