CW 16 March 2024

What would life in the trenches have actually

been like?

LESSON OBJECTIVES: LESSON OUTCOMES:

1. To develop knowledge
of trench life and 1. You will have 2 lessons to
empathy for WWI
find out about life in the
soldiers.
2. To research and select trenches of WWI.
relevant information. 2. You will answer your
enquiry questions
Your challenge:

You have 2 lessons (and homework) to produce a leaflet

to inform soldiers of what life was really like in the
trenches to prepare them for the reality of war.

Step 1: Research: Use

the evidence packs to
answer your questions.
Find out as much as you
can. You can keep adding
more questions.
Select relevant
information to answer the
questions DO NOT JUST
COPY chunks of info!
 What would life in the trenches have R/A/G
actually been like?
Success Criteria
Answers a range of questions about trench life.
Includes a wide range of factual details and
uses key words.
Well organised (e.g. uses headings) to make
the information easy to access.
Easy to understand as it is written in your own
words, not copied.
Interesting and informative.
Well presented with pictures and colour as well
as text.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar rules
adhered to.
 How did
weaponry
change as the
war
How were
continued?
animals used
on the
What was the What Western
impact of new weapons did Front?
weaponry? they use
What food
What was life really did men have
access to?
What were like in the trenches?
living
conditions
like? (e.g. What
sanitation, illnesses did
What did
vermin) the soldiers
they do to
suffer from?
relax? What
different
What were jobs did the
the daily men do?
routines?
What can you learn from this video?

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/life-in-the-trenches-of-the-first-world-war