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That's what this awesome BBC site on trench warfare in WWI seeks to explain. You can scroll through great graphics like the one below which explain different aspects of trench warfare from a typical day, to how often soldiers were in the firing line, to how the trenches kept men safe, to life behind the lines, and much more.
This guide on trench warfare is part of a BBC series of guides on WWI called IWonder guides. All are interactive like this trench warfare guide.
- Happy Armistice Day!
Today marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War. Armistice Day is recognized in the United States of America as Veteran's Day and in most of the Commonwealth countries (including Canada) as Remembrance Day. On November 11th, 1918 at...
- Trench Warfare Video
) I was looking for images of trench warfare and came up with this video from the Battle of the Somme. But it not only has that, but actual footage of the trenches (including some dead soldiers) as well as interviews with British soldiers...
- World Wars I And Ii
Here is a great site to help you teach World Wars I and II. There are links to images, a comprehensive site on trench warfare, the PBS companion website for the wars and primary source interviews. Now what might you do with it. You could...
- Trench War Simulation
David Harms over at HistorySimulation has a free simulation on Trench Warfare which you or your students can upload onto your laptops. Obviously the best way for your students to learn is through doing as opposed to being told what to do. Above...
- Trench Warfare
Thanks to my colleague Sarah Whitley for sending along this terrific interactive site about trench warfare in World War 1. It's a Canadian site that gives your students a better understanding and appreciation of the natrue of trench warfare....
World History
The Myth of Trench Warfare
Did you know that 88% of British solders fighting in the trenches in WWI survived?
That's what this awesome BBC site on trench warfare in WWI seeks to explain. You can scroll through great graphics like the one below which explain different aspects of trench warfare from a typical day, to how often soldiers were in the firing line, to how the trenches kept men safe, to life behind the lines, and much more.
This guide on trench warfare is part of a BBC series of guides on WWI called IWonder guides. All are interactive like this trench warfare guide.
- Happy Armistice Day!
Today marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War. Armistice Day is recognized in the United States of America as Veteran's Day and in most of the Commonwealth countries (including Canada) as Remembrance Day. On November 11th, 1918 at...
- Trench Warfare Video
) I was looking for images of trench warfare and came up with this video from the Battle of the Somme. But it not only has that, but actual footage of the trenches (including some dead soldiers) as well as interviews with British soldiers...
- World Wars I And Ii
Here is a great site to help you teach World Wars I and II. There are links to images, a comprehensive site on trench warfare, the PBS companion website for the wars and primary source interviews. Now what might you do with it. You could...
- Trench War Simulation
David Harms over at HistorySimulation has a free simulation on Trench Warfare which you or your students can upload onto your laptops. Obviously the best way for your students to learn is through doing as opposed to being told what to do. Above...
- Trench Warfare
Thanks to my colleague Sarah Whitley for sending along this terrific interactive site about trench warfare in World War 1. It's a Canadian site that gives your students a better understanding and appreciation of the natrue of trench warfare....