TOPIC: Life in the TrenchesOBJECTIVE: 10. Describe the horrible and dangerous conditions of life in the trenches.

KD ANSWERS: 1. Conditions that seem to make life miserable in the trenches: (5)• Deadly fire from machine guns• Mud• Cold• Wet• Reality that death was possible at any moment

1 - Duckboards2 - Fire step

3 - Dugout

4 - Gas bell

5 - Artillery

6 - Reserve trench

7 - Periscope

8 - Barbed wire

9 - Machine gun

10 - Communication trench

11 - Aeroplane

12 - Machine gun nest

13 - Sandbags

14 - Concrete bunker

KD: 2. Label each of the 15 parts. (15)

15 - No Man’s Land

KD REVIEW: Match each WWI weapon with its description.

TOPIC: Life in the TrenchesOBJECTIVE: 10. Describe the horrible and dangerous conditions of life in the trenches.

KD ANSWERS: 3. No Man’s Land: p. 25• The area between the two opposing trenches; it had holes from

artillery strikes, barbed wire and dead bodies.

4. Why can we know so much about WWI and life in the trenches? (2) p. 26• Many of the soldiers could read and write. • Many wrote letters and kept diaries, which have been used by

historians.

KD: 5. Read Sources A - H on pages 26 and 27. Match each Statement with ONE of the Sources.

Statement & Source

The death of soldiers made life in the trenches disgusting.

There were dangers and disgusting creatures in the trenches.

Some soldiers were bored and wanted to fight.

Soldiers had to be careful from snipers.

Some soldiers kept detailed diaries.

Soldiers were kept busy, even when they weren’t fighting.

Soldiers had time to think and sometimes worried about what might happen.

Artillery bombardments seemed to destroy and terrify soldiers.

The rain and the mud made the trenches miserable and dangerous.

The British Army wanted to distract soldiers from the reality of the war.

Source 11 - by Greg Hetherton, Historian

Source 12 - by Greg Hetherton, Historian

ESSAY PRACTICE and SOURCES ANALYSIS: • Your assignment will be to write a letter to a friend describing what life

in the trenches was like. Use pages 26 – 27 (Sources A - H) and Sources 11 - 19 that we reviewed, to get some ideas. This assignment is worth 12 marks.

• Be CREATIVE with your analysis and QTS. Put the info from the Sources into an accurate and descriptive summary of life in the trenches.

• Review Objective #10 and emphasise the ‘horrible and dangerous’ conditions.