1. To the Trenches
Mr. Mizell

2. Place quiz in chair when finished
Directions
Take Vocab Quiz
Place quiz in chair when finished
Take out notes from yesterday and notebook paper

3. Essential Question
Why was the war fought in trenches, and how was trench life for soldiers?

4. Intro Videos of Life in the Trenches

5. What is a Trench?
A connected system of ditches dug by troops for protection.

6. Because of new technology
Why in the Trenches?
Because of new technology
Cannot fight out in the open all the time
War on Western Front turned into a stalemate (tie), so soldiers dig in.

7. Trenches
Trenches prolonged the war as each side tried to break through the other’s trenches
High casualties
Land between the trenches was called “No Man’s Land”

14. How was life in the trenches?

15. Soldiers spent long hours there

16. Boredom

17. Disease and unsanitary conditions: Trench Foot

18. The Result of WWI and New Technology

19. WWI Trench Letter
Directions: write a letter back home as if you were a soldier in the trenches
Read the directions on the paper
2 paragraphs
Use content words