PPT-Tales from the Trenches

Evolution of Strategic Sourcing Chuks Amajor State of Texas Mike Smith NASPO Life Member Emerging Issues Committee To keep NASPO members aware of important issues affecting state procurement identify and assess procurement trends and emerging issues as to their potential to affect the states . 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: . 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. Fables. Definition. : A brief story that sets forth some pointed statement of truth. Origin. : Found in almost every country. Handed down from generation to generation as oral literature. Content. : Usually contains incidents that relate to the unusual, sometimes supernatural. Startup advice from a vet. Matt Small. Creative Director. Vector Unit. Jan 08: Vector Unit founded. Jan-Jul 08: Barracuda prototype/pitch development. Jul-Sep 08: Pitching. Oct 08: Microsoft . greenlight. 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. . "If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future." ~Danielle Steel~. "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." ~Albert Einstein~. 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.. 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.. 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 .