1. Look Closely & Tell Me:
What do you see…

2. What do you see?
What do you think this is?

3. Present Day image of the remains of trenches in France

4. What do you see?
Who do you think this is?
What are they doing?

5. Soldiers Picking Lice out of their cloths

6. What do you see?
Who do you think this is?
What are they doing?

9. What do you see?
What do you think this is?
What is happening?

10. Poison gas was the most feared of all weapons in World War I.
It could be used on the trenches when no attack was going on.
There was no shelter from poison gas.
Weather & wind posed a major problem.

11. What do you see?
Who do you think this is?
What are they doing?

12. A poison gas attacks meant soldiers had to put on crude gas masks that were often ineffective.
Poison Gas could cause blindness, burning & melting of skin, and even death
Many soldiers would be in agony for days or weeks before he finally dying from their injuries.

13. What do you see?
Who do you think this is?
What happened?

14. Trench Diseases
The health of soldiers deteriorated in the trenches. 
Not only did soldiers die from battle wounds, they also died from diseases that spread throughout the trenches.
They were caused from a lack of hygiene, stress and an cold, wet and dirty environment.
Diseases ranged from common colds to , trench foot, trench mouth and shell shock.