1. BELLWORK: Block 2
How was trench warfare used in WWI? Why did this tactic lead to a stalemate?
What weapons were created to fight WWI?
How was aircraft used in WWI?
Define total war.
Define war of attrition.
THINKER: Make a prediction  How would WWI change women’s roles and rights in society? Why does war often bring social change?

2. Fighting WWI: Western Front
Battles, Strategies, New Weapons

3. Trench Warfare
How was trench warfare used in WWI? Why did this tactic lead to a stalemate?

4. Trench Warfare
Relied on defense  both sides dug trenches facing each other.
Result was a stalemate situation- both sides stuck, neither able to attack because the other defended so well.
Men would charge across open fields rushing to the opposing side & be cut down with machine gun fire.

10. Disease No proper system of waste disposal
Soldiers would use tins to deposit waste and throw them over the trench.
Large numbers of decomposing bodies filled up the trenches
This attracted rats who carried diseases, like malaria and influenza.

11. Trench Foot

12. Shellshock
In WWI, shell shock was considered a psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat
The horrors of trench warfare meant that about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed and the total proportion of troops who became casualties (killed or wounded) was 56%.

13. New weapons in WWI What weapons were created to fight WWI? Tanks
Machine Guns
Zeppelins (Air)
Mortars (shot a shell in a high arc over a relatively short distance)
Helmets
Barbed Wire
Mustard Gas

14. Progression of the Machine Gun
Early machine guns were heavy, hard to transport, required several men to operate and overheated
Later, they added coolant & made them lighter = increased effectiveness; could fire 1,200 rounds a minute and were mass produced

16. MUSTARD GAS

17. How was aircraft used in World War I?

18. WWI Aircraft Zeppelin (Germany) British Airship
 Add to mind map!

19. Aircraft was vital in supporting naval warfare & ground troops

20. WWI Dogfights

21. What is TOTAL WAR?
Complete mobilization of all resources available  everything is dedicated to the war effort!
People, agriculture, industry, economy, etc.

22. What is a war of attrition?
A military strategy in which one side attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in morale, personnel, supplies, etc.
This is key in TOTAL WAR!

23. Women in WWI
Make a prediction  How would WWI change women’s roles and rights in society? Why does war often bring social change?

24. COLLECT BELLWORK!
5 stamps total!
2 weeks of bellwork!

25. Video: WWI – Slaughter in the Trenches
(start at 1:40)
Covers WWI through primary footage and stories.
Continue adding notes to your mind map… especially Western Front battles, new weapons & women’s roles.
20 points!