10 th Euro Studies 3 1 18 Turn

10 th Euro Studies 3. 1. 18 Turn in: Ø Nothing Take out : Today’s Agenda: Ø The Race to the Sea Ø Life in the trenches Ø Previous notes Ø Note-taking devices Today’s Learning Objectives: Ø I can explain how technology and trench warfare impacted combatants as The Great European War began. HW: Ø NONE

Trench Warfare…An Adventure!

Trench Warfare…An Adventure! • …in the summer of 1914, teenager Len Thompson was thrilled by the prospect of war. It was a month since the assassination of the Austrian archduke in Sarajevo, and now Russia and Germany were mobilizing their armies. Britain was being drawn into the conflict. ‘We were all delighted when war broke out on August 4, ’ he would recall, ‘bursting with happiness. ’ • In the beginning, the youthful wish for excitement was as important as the rush of bash-Kaiser-Bill patriotism. It would be over by Christmas - everyone said so - so don’t be left behind, get in quickly and grab your piece of the action. • We were damned glad to have got off the farms…for the first time in my life there was no strenuous work.

Trench Warfare Again, back to the Schliffen Plan & Plan XVII… “The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men [often go awry]”--Robert Burns 1785 http: //www. history. com/topics/world-war-ihistory/videos/tech-developments-of-world-war-i http: //www. bbc. co. uk/history/interactive/animations/western_front /index_embed. shtml

Trenches- WWI Be able to define the following trench terms: Saps, Parapet, Fire Step, Duck boards, No-Man’s land

Duck boards

Trench Construction diagram from 1914 British Army Manual

Aerial View of Trenches in WWI

Soldiers returning from battle with Mustard and Chlorine gas wounds

Water in the Trench

Trench Foot

Diseases in the Trenches TRENCH FEVER TRENCH FOOT

Rats Richard Beasley, interviewed in 1993. “If you left your food the rats would soon grab it. Those rats were fearless. Sometimes we would shoot the filthy swines. But you would be put on a charge for wasting ammo, if the sergeant caught you. ”

Body Lice

Life in the Trenches http: //www. history. com/topics/world-war-i-history/videos/life-in-atrench? m=528 e 394 da 93 ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Who won the Battle of the Somme – Primary Sources Read the primary sources & with a partner discuss, and answer, each of the 5 questions. **Pay attention to author, year, and bias in each source** FIND SPECIFIC EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR OPINIONS 59