1. The Western Front
The Western Front – Trench Warfare between Allies (England, France, Belgium) and German forces.
Schlieffen plan failed after the battle of the Marne- trench warfare
Starting in 1916 the Germans established a defensive strategy known as the Hindenburg line.

2. Trench Warfare Diary
Directions:
You are to sketch each power point slide.
You are to create a very short diary entry/letter home explaining what is happening in the drawing- create a story that details your experiences in the trenches.
After each slide write down the short note that is provided (this is testable material)
For bonus points you can act out the picture.

3. You found this map lying around – in a short diary entry or letter describe where you are fighting and what nation you are fighting for.
The year is 1916.

5. Write what life living in a trench must have been like.
Food
What would you talk about?
Hygiene and sanitation
Describe your trench

6. Trench foot

7. Waiting for the attack– see clip for attack

8. Going Over the Top

9. Going Over the Top
What would your thoughts be as you heard the command to go over the top?

10. No Man’s Land

11. Why was no man’s land so dangerous and difficult to pass though?
What weapons were created to get through no man’s land?

12. Preparing for a Gas attack

13.
GAS!!!!

14. GAS aftermath

15. Describe your experiences in the battle

16. British Gas Casualties: 1914-18
Gas attack Victims
Poison Gas Deaths:
Country
Non-Fatal
Deaths
Total
British Empire
180,597
8,109
188,706
France
182,000
8,000
190,000
United States
71,345
1,462
72,807
Italy
55,373
4,627
60,000
Russia
419,340
56,000
475,340
Germany
191,000
9,000
200,000
Austria-Hungary
97,000
3,000
100,000
Others
1,000
10.000
1,205,655
91,198
1,296,853 
British Gas Casualties:
Chlorine
1,976
164,457
Mustard Gas
4,086
16,526

18. Scarce heard amid the guns below.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

19. The poem "In Flanders Fields" was written after John McCrae witnessed the death, and presided over the funeral, of a friend, Lt. Alexis Helmer. By most accounts it was written in his notebook and later rejected by McCrae. Ripped out of his notebook, it was rescued by a fellow officer, Francis Alexander Scrimger, and later published in Punch magazine
Rondeau
15 lines – 2 rhymes
It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows:
A A B B A
A A B with refrain: C
A A B B A with concluding refrain C.
The refrain (c) must be identical with the title.

20. New Weapons with Old tactics
Make a prediction on the percentages of casualties.

21. Sorted by Percent of Total number Mobilized
Great War Casualties
Sorted by Percent of Total number Mobilized
60 %
Dead %
Wounded %
MIA POW %
50 %
40 %
30 %
20 %
10 %
0 %
Italy US
France
Russia
Serbia
Turkey
Germany
Belgium
Romania
Portugal
Bulgaria
Greece
Japan
Great Britain
Montenegro
Austria-Hungary