PPT-Lesson 4a – Life in the Trenches

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. Sassoon. 1886 - 1967. SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES. I . knew a simple soldier boy . Who grinned at life in empty joy, . Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, . And whistled early with the lark. . In . winter trenches, cowed and glum, . Lesson Aim: . To have applied knowledge of why WWI was a trench war to answering exam questions. . TASK: . In your book match the word with the correct letter. . A. Firebay. Company HQ dugout. Reserve trench. Objectives: I can identify and correct run-ons and fragments. I can define vocabulary words for a short story. . Key Terms. :. 1. Game. 2. Yacht. 3. cliffs. 4. Chateau. 5. Gargoyle. 6. Cossack. 7. Ennui. w. arfare?. What part of the image made you form this opinion?. From this source I can tell that trench warfare is…. Key Question. :. What effect did trench warfare have on a First World War soldier?. the Trenches?. Construction and Design of Trenches. Early . trenches were little more than . foxholes.  or ditches, intended to provide a measure of protection during short battles. .. As the stalemate continued, however, it became obvious that a more elaborate system was needed. The first major trench lines were completed in November 1914. By the end of that year, they stretched 475 miles, starting at the North Sea, running through Belgium and northern France, and ending in the Swiss frontier.. 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?. 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…”. When Canadian soldiers left for Europe and the war in the fall of 1914, most were expecting adventure, heroism, and excitement. What they encountered upon their arrival was much different, and far from glamorous. Soldiers were living in trenches- long, narrow ditches, dug by hand, that they would live in day and night. The trenches would often fill with water from the rai, and muddy puddles would fill the bottoms of the trenches, causing trench foot when soldiers would stand in the water for long periods of time. It was certainly a difficult way of life while fighting day in and day out.. 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. . Lesson objectives. All will be able to . describe what life was like in the trenches and begin to use sources to prove ideas. M. ost will be able to . explain what life was like and be able to analyse primary and secondary sources . 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 .