world war one
DESCRIPTION
A brief survey of warfare during World War 1 with emphasis on life in the trenches on the Western Front.TRANSCRIPT
The Great War
aka
World War One
The War to End All Wars
1914 1918
Student Assignment following PPT
Pay close attention
to the descriptions
of trench warfare.
Take some notes to
help remember what
trench warfare was like.
Timeline
1861-65 1914-----1918 1939-45 2009 ___x_______________x______________x__________x
49 yrs 21 yrs 91 yrsCivil War WW1-----WW1 WW2 Now
begins ends
Themes
War fought worldwide—
on land, sea, air
Warfighting improvements
Suffering on massive scale
Generations of men lost
Strategic and tactical blunders
Stage set for WW2
Hot Lead and Cold Steel
Rats, Flies, and Lice
Before
After
Before
After
11-11-11
11 November 1918
11:00 AM
Armistice Day
The Butcher’s Bill:
10,000,000 killed
20,000,000 wounded
8,000,000 missing
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Some Reflections
Wars are mostly fought
by young men and women.
Remember the sacrifices
made for your freedoms.
Leadership, courage, and wisdom
are forged in war.
Failure to learn from history
will cost lives in the future.
“Only the dead have seen the
end of war.” Plato
Harry Patch Britain's last surviving soldier
of the Great War,
died on 25 July 2009 at 111
Student Assignment
Pretend you’re a soldier
serving on the Western
Front in WW1.
Select a date and place.
Create a digital postcard.
Select a photo.
Write a postcard home to your parents describing
your life in the trenches—up to 100 words.
Use 5 facts.
Due: Wed, 18 Nov. (worth 100 pts for Yorktown practicum).