Life in the Trenches lesson

A lesson entitled ‘What was life like in the trenches?’ This lesson investigates what life was like for soldiers in the trenches of the First World War. The lesson includes a recall task, a video, information and context, a trench system diagram with labels, a gather and share task about positive morale in the trenches, and an assessment task at the end. Resources such as the grid sheet to work on, and the information The Christmas Truce, The Wipers Times, friendship and The Home Front are also included in the ppt. The assessment task asks them to write one positive and negative aspect of life in the trenches.