The Treaty of Versailles (ended WWI)

The Treaty Of Versailles, was signed on June 28, 1919. The United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and other allied states, met to impose territorial, military and economic treaty terms on defeated Germany. German representatives were not allowed to participate in the treaty's negotiation, and the terms were not negotiable. Germany signed the Treaty on June 28, 1919, even thought German leaders rejected the treaty's contents.
The Treaty of Versailles, blamed Germany completely for the causes of World War I, it also forced Germany to pay compensation to the allies. As a result, Germany lost many land and its overseas colonies were taken away and shared between the allies. 12.5 of Germany's population found itself living outside the German borders.
The Nazi Party, started out as a small party, known as the German's workers party. The members of this party, were against the Treaty of Versailles and communism. Hitler joined this party,his enthusiasm led him to the leadership of the party very quickly.
Many historians believe that the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise Fascism and Adolf Hitler. I think that they say this because the Nazi Party was started by people who were against the Treaty of Versailles, because of the punishment that was bestowed on Germany.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal was born in 1881, he is known as the founder of the Republic of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal was the first president of Turkey, and is also known as the "Atatürk" meaning the Father of the Turks. In 1919, he became the leader of the Turkish National Liberation struggle. On 1923, Atatürk established a form of government. Between 1926 and 1930, legal changes led to the abolishment of Islamic religious and led to the beginning of a Secular System.
Mustafa Kemal initiated a program for economic development in his country, this program consisted of agricultural expansion, industrial and technological advances. He did not stop there, in 1928, he abolished the Arabic script and incorporated the Latin alphabet with his people. After this, the force to develop education emerged. Primary Education was declared an obligation and Woman's Education became a very important issue.
Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk" was Turkey's president for 15 years, until his death on November 10th, 1938.

Film Lesson "Gandhi"

Gandhi influenced Indian Independence in many ways. Gandhi wanted to unified his people, because he believed that didn't work together, Britain will easily defeat them. Gandhi encouraged Indians to protest against Great Britain by buying Indian goods instead of Britain's. Indians made their own cloths, and salt from the Sea, so that they didn't have to buy it from the British. Gandhi preached Passive Resistance, he believed that violence will only result in more violence. After the Amritsar Massacre on April 13, 1919, people grew tired of being mistreated by Britain and they decided to fight back, but Gandhi still didn't support violence. When Indians used violence against the British, or when he was imprisoned he would go on hunger strikes. In 1930, Gandhi led a non-violence march, protesting the British Salt Tax, the Salt Tax, prevented people to make their own salt, so that they will buy the British salt.
Gandhi was mostly known for his preaching against violence. He told his people to never fight back against the British, because if they did it will make them more violent. On 1931, Gandhi made a trip to Britain for a Round Table Conference, but nothing was achieved. On 1947, India gained its independence from Britain. Gandhi was not happy with this, because he wanted Indians and Muslims to live together, but India was divided into Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus. Gandhi was murdered on January 30, 1948 by a Hindu who couldn't forgive him for believing that Muslims had equal values as Hindus.