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Random Fact of the Day Coconuts kill more people each year than sharks do.

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Technology’s Impact on the Great War

War in the Trenches By 1915, armies on the Western Front had dug miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire. This set the stage for trench warfare. Soldiers fought each other from the trenches. Armies traded huge losses of life for small land gains.

Trench Life Life in trenches was pure misery. Mud Rats Food – nonexistent Sleep – nearly impossible

No Man’s Land Space between the trenches = no man’s land. When ordered to attack, soldiers would enter this area. Faced many rounds of gunfire Stay in the trench? Gunfire went right into the trenches, too.

YouTube Video… Opening scenes from the movie All Quiet On The Western Front…

New Tools of Warfare Military strategists were at a loss. The new tools of war had not delivered the fast moving war they expected. Machine guns Poison gas Armored tanks Larger artillery Submarines Technology killed greater numbers of people more effectively.

What New Technology Brought To Warfare Images of WWI What New Technology Brought To Warfare

Poison Gas

Assignment Create an advertisement on the back side of this note sheet in which you try to sell a new aspect of war technology to the fighting countries of World War I… Poison Gas Machine Guns Trench Warfare Submarine Tanks Airplanes

Assignment Your advertisement must include… A picture or depiction of the new technology A short description of what it does/what it affects A price for your product Color is essential for full credit Use your textbook (pages 413-414) for more information about the thing you choose Cell Phone Research www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/

Exit Questions What was the name of the area between the trenches during World War I? Poison Gas Pass No Man’s Land Death Valley The Cemetary

Exit Questions What impact did the new tools of war, such as the machine gun, poison gas, submarine and large artillery have on the war? it brought the war to an end sooner than expected it was the last straw that caused the United States to enter the war the new technology killed greater numbers of people more effectively