PPT-WAR IN THE TRENCHES

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 . 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. . 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. 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?. 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.. 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. World war one started in 1914 World war one ended in1919. The trenches. The trenches were half full of mud and water, unfortunately before them were the French, who buried their dead soldiers in the bottom and sides of the trenches, everywhere they went to dig another trench there were dead bodies and the smell was atrocious.. Airplanes. Wright brothers. 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC they flew the first heavier than air plane. WWI was the first war to use airplanes. There would be air raids on cities like London for the very first time . 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 . 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.. WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 6- ① World War I The arrest of Archduke Ferdinand’s murderer Crowds gathered in Paris at the beginning of WWI. World War Ⅰ When was World War I (WWI)? 1914-1918 How long did most people think the war would last? 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. 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 .