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Good Morning!. Collect Propaganda Activity/Debrief Friday NVC Warm-up: Trench Warfare Case Study: Battle of the Somme Essential Question : Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme? Homework : Research paper thesis due TUESDAY. Warm-Up: Trench Warfare.

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  1. Good Morning! • Collect Propaganda Activity/Debrief Friday • NVC • Warm-up: Trench Warfare • Case Study: Battle of the Somme Essential Question: Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme? Homework: Research paper thesis due TUESDAY

  2. Warm-Up: Trench Warfare • What were some of the dangers soldiers encountered in trench warfare? List as many as you can!

  3. Battle of the Somme • 1916 Britain and France plan to break the stalemate • Somme Offensive: plan to push Germany out of northern France (occupied since 1914) • Battle of the Somme: begins July 1, 1916 and lasts four months • 1.2 million soldiers dead • Britain and France win back 6 miles of land

  4. Significance of the Somme • A Turning Point? • German war effort greatly weakened • One of bloodiest battles in human history • machine guns, artillery, landmines, gas, and first ever usage of tanks • “Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ghastly word.” —Friedrich Steinbrecher

  5. Central Historical Question Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme? • Day One Casualties: • 8, 000 German • 7, 000 French • 57,470 British

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