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Group Task In your groups, imagine you are advisors to the commander-in-chief of British forces on the Western Front. You need to design a system of trenches.

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2 Group Task In your groups, imagine you are advisors to the commander-in-chief of British forces on the Western Front. You need to design a system of trenches. What are your main priorities?

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5 Did you know that the Western Front was 450 miles long.

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8 What was life like in the trenches?

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12 Your Task Write a diary entry of a WW1 soldier in 1915: Explain why you signed up to fight. Describe life in the trenches. Is it what you expected?Describe life in the trenches. Is it what you expected?

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