(b) evaluating United States involvement in World War I, including Wilson's Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, and the national debate over treaty ratification and the League of Nations;

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Polish Prime Minister's Speech in Support of The League of Nations
First World War.com: Primary Documents

The Covenant of the League of Nations
Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Pro-League Political Cartoon
Rutland (Vermont) Public Schools: World War I Cartoons

Anti-League Political Cartoon
Rutland (Vermont) Public Schools: World War I Cartoons

Description: These grouped resources provide a number of different ways to consider the issue of a "League of Nations" that President Wilson promoted after World War I.

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Teaching Tips:

"Do Now" Suggestion

• Students can read Ignace Paderewski's speech and the Covenant and use the information they gather to create a acrostic poem: L: E: A: G: U: E: O: F: N: A: T: I: O: N: S:

Suggestion for Using this Resource as Part of a Lesson

• Students can use the information from the speech, the Covenant, and the cartoons, to write a contemporary newspaper article on the progress of the League. Students can choose whether to take a pro- or anti-league stance.