PPT-The Western Front and Life in the Trenches

What was the Western Front The Western Front The two main fronts On your coloured and labeled map of the alliances in your workbook mark the Western front and the Eastern front Schlieffen Plan. **Take five minutes to write down two ideas/reactions you have about this quote**. What do you think it means?. What does it mean to be destroyed by the war? . World War 1: War in the Trenches . “All Quiet on the Western Front” . L/O – To identify the main changes in warfare brought about by the First World War. The Race to the Sea. The Battle of the Marne was a . turning point. . The Schlieffen Plan had failed. Germany was now caught up in a war on . 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 . L.O: identify . key features of a typical . trench, identify . some of the conditions in the . trenches AND explain . what daily life in the trenches was like. Starter: Yes/No. Who am I. What is trench warfare?. Warefare. Trench . Warefare. Germany had a plan to win the Great War.. Von Schlieffen Plan. Trench Warfare. – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire. 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.. The region to the west of Germany where the Germans were fighting against the French. British and Canadian forces (Belgium, France, etc.). Horrors on the Western Front. Rows of deep trenches were dug . 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”).. 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. 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. . 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 Man’s Land.. trench warfare, . new technology. 2. Bell-Ringer. List the 4 Causes of WWI. The Alliance System Breaks Down!. July 28, 1914 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia Austria-Hungary. Germany Russia.