1. Conditions that seem to make life miserable in the trenches: (5) TOPIC: Life in the Trenches OBJECTIVE: 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

KD: 2. Label each of the 15 parts. (15) 11 - Aeroplane 6 - Reserve trench 10 - Communication trench 5 - Artillery 9 - Machine gun 12 - Machine gun nest 7 - Periscope 15 - No Man’s Land 13 - Sandbags 4 - Gas bell 8 - Barbed wire 3 - Dugout 2 - Fire step 1 - Duckboards 14 - Concrete bunker

KD REVIEW: Match each WWI weapon with its description.

TOPIC: Life in the Trenches OBJECTIVE: 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 Soldiers were kept busy, even when they weren’t fighting. The death of soldiers made life in the trenches disgusting. Soldiers had time to think and sometimes worried about what might happen. There were dangers and disgusting creatures in the trenches. Artillery bombardments seemed to destroy and terrify soldiers. Some soldiers were bored and wanted to fight. The rain and the mud made the trenches miserable and dangerous. Soldiers had to be careful from snipers. The British Army wanted to distract soldiers from the reality of the war. Some soldiers kept detailed diaries.

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.