S6 History 2hr

Assignment: Life as a soldier in the trenches.

Historical sources:

1. Photograph - British soldier washing in a shell crater

2. Photograph – An Alpine barber in the trenches of Cerna

3. Book - Cook book for the trenches

4. Book with photographs - German book of First World War photographs

5. Photograph - Highlanders and Drogas in a trench

6. Photograph - Indian infantry digging trenches

7. Photograph - Italian priest giving communion English Soldiers

8. Book - Diggers Dialects: slang phrases used by Australian soldiers (read

through some of the pages)

9. Manuscript diary - Extracts from the diary of Gerard Roland Garvin after
detachment to Divisional Staff from July 1916

A. Identify what aspect of life each source represents and, secondly, identify
the difficulties that each source reveals.

Source: Aspect of daily life Difficulties

1 Hygiene Good hygiene was practically non-existent in the trenches
2 Everyday routine The trenches were the new home of the soldiers
3 Diet Food was in short supply and its preparation was rough
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B. Write a fictional diary entry (minimum 250 words) of a soldier on the front
during WWI. Your diary entry should correspond with the historical
evidence of life in the trenches.
Include these points:
-Where you are writing from?
-What you are spending your time doing?
-What is life like in the trenches?
-What are some difficulties you have encountered?

https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one