Conflict and the failure of the League
Manchuria, 1931
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Abyssinia, 1935
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Task 1: Create a newspaper front page
- In your group of 3-4 people, you are to create a newspaper about the failures of the League of Nations regarding the Abyssinian and Manchurian crises.
- Each group member will write two articles for the front page.
- The title of the front page is "League Fails to Protect Member Nations"
- Ignore the timing of the different events and pretend that the dates are collapsed into on.
- You must write a newspaper article about the event from the perspective of the country or group you're writing about.
- The article must discuss the 5Ws and use sources as evidence for the articles.
- Use the information above to research for the articles.
- In your group, decide who is doing which 2 of the following:
- Musolini's perspective and actions in Abyssinia in 1935
- Japan's perspective and actions in Manchuria in 1931
- Abyssinia's (Modern Ethopia) perspective and actions in the Abyssinian conflict of 1935
- China's perspective and actions in Manchuria in 1931
- The League of Nation's perspective and actions regarding Manchuria in 1931
- The League of Nation's perspective and actions regarding Abyssinia in 1935
- Germany's perspective and actions regarding both (best done in 2 mini articles)
- Britain and France's perspective and actions regarding both. (best done in 2 mini articles)