PPT-Life in the Trenches World War I

Death Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line Inexperienced soldiers were cautioned against their natural inclination to peer over the parapet of the trench into No Mans Land. Mud. Mud affected every aspect of a soldier’s life:. what they ate, what they drank, how they. breathed, what they wore, how they. walked, their health.. Source 1. Mud... enveloped men of the front line. As a farm labourer at 'Akenfield', Davie was man used to hardship, but he was in no doubt about the importance of mud. 'Did you kill men, Davie?' 'I got several.' 'What was the worst, Davie?' 'Why, the wet, of course.' Where rain met bare earth or shelled earth, it spawned feet of mud. Boyd Orr reckoned that forty Englishmen a night were drowned in it. Nicholson on the Somme saw a man stuck fast for sixty-five hours, with two men pulling on ropes finally freeing him though with his clothing sucked down by the mud. . By: Alexis Angelakis. Construction of trenches. Building a trench . took about six . hours for 450 men to . build 250 . meters of . that trench. . After . this, . barbed wire, board walks, and sand . By Erich Maria Remarque. All Quiet on the Western Front. The novel is fictional, but it is based upon Remarque’s personal experiences during the war.. It was first published in 1929. More than one million copies were sold, and it was translated into twenty-three languages.. 1914-1918.. LIFE AND DEATH . IN THE TRENCHES.. “Living and fighting in the trenches was a terrible and terrifying experience for all the soldiers involved” . What . evidence is there. for and against this statement?. DIRECTIONS. :. Keep/put chairs on the desks (barbed wire).. Line up the front of your trench with backpacks and jackets. .. Take a pen or pencil with you into the trench and . sit on the carpet . (not in “no man’s land”).. BY: . SANJAE, ANGELA, LAURA, AND ELIZABETH. TRENCH CONSTRUCTION. The first trenches in World War 1 were created by the Germans after the Battle of the Marne in September 1914. . The trenches provided . Essential Question. What was life like in the trenches?. Learning Outcomes - Students will:. Preview – WW1 Description. Learn about life in the trenches. Play an interactive game for life in the trenches. Take a . copy of the reading . in your folder and read over the excerpts from Brookes diary. After completing the reading, in your warm-up section, describe the experiences of Bernard Joseph Brookes in your own words. Trench Warfare: . type of fighting during WWI in which both sides dug trenches (channels) protected by mines and barbed wire. British trench, France, July 1916…. This was taken during the Battle of Somme. 1. Trenches flooded often. “Through the winter, weariness and water were our chief enemies…One walked in the trenches in thigh-high boots with water above the knee, and one remembers the icy stream welling up inside the boot when you punctured it on concealed barbed wire…”. Lesson objectives. "They left for war as boys never to return as men.". · . All will. – have a basic understanding of the main problems of life in the trenches and considered the usefulness of a number of primary sources. . Causes of Unrest in Europe (WWI)- “MANIA”. M. ilitarism- building up of “armed” strength . Causes of Unrest in Europe (WWI)- “MANIA”. M. ilitarism. A. lliances- agreements between nations to protect each other. Turn in:. . Nothing. Take out :. . Previous notes. Note-taking devices. T. oday’s Learning Objectives:. I can explain how technology and trench warfare impacted combatants as The Great European War began.. Moran. SWBAT:. . analyze different dangers of living in the trenches during WWI by answering questions based on notes, pictures, video clips, and readings from the textbook.. Trenches. Trenches were deep and narrow areas of dug out ground, often stretching for miles that troops used to fight in and defend from the .