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Using the research packs on Trench Warfare. What was it like to be a soldier in the trenches?. Group work and Investigation. AIM: By the end of this lesson you will have used evidence to build up a picture of life in the trenches to use in your research.
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What was it like to be a soldier in the trenches? Group work and Investigation AIM: By the end of this lesson you will have used evidence to build up a picture of life in the trenches to use in your research.
What was it like to be a soldier in the trenches? Use the pack of evidence provided to describe life in the trenches Work in groups of 4 – each person to take about 2 pieces of evidence Read the evidence and use the prompt questions to write a couple of bullet points about your evidence. After 15 minutes be prepared to report your findings to the group As a group decide on 10 statements about trenches - that can be backed up by the evidence - to include in your report back to the class. You have 10 mins. You will need to comment on discipline, how well equipped the soldiers were, living conditions including where they slept and ate and the effects of the war on the soldiers and their families This information will be needed when you do a piece of work on Fighting in World War I
What do they mean? Blighty = Britain Tommy = slang for British soldier Fritz = slang for a German soldier shrapnel = broken bits of metal from an explosion Siegfried Sassoon = a soldier and poet Craiglockhart War hospital = mental hospital pacifist = people who believed it was wrong to fight justifiable = can be justified or done for good reasons censor = to control information The Front = where the fighting takes place
Push it further! Can you find any connection between any of the evidence? Source C and source F- dates and same regiment. Could the letters be sent to the same person? What other information would you need to prove a connection?
After 15 mins report your findings to the rest of the group As a group prepare a list of statements which can be backed up by evidence about life in the trenches You should end up with about 10 What does the evidence tell us about: The fighting Equipment Discipline Sleeping and eating Effects of the war on soldiers and families