Life+in+the+trenches

=LIFE IN THE TRENCHES=



For this project, you will need to research what life was like in the trenches for the soldiers of WW1. You will need to conduct your own research, using not only your class notes, but the internet, and book resources. **Remember to always cite your sources - copying someone else's work is plagiarism!** If you're not sure how to find and use sources, and how to cite them, click here

[] Lots of information on World War One, including a virtual tour of the trenches.

[] Plenty of sources and interactive information

[] This website is full of text sources, photos, and other multimedia about the First World War.

[] This site is full of amazing primary sources from Haig (the leader of the British army) down to the humblest British private. These sources are generally fairly hard - use them only if you are aiming for top levels!

[] This website has information about life in the trenches, but if you scroll to the bottom of each page you will find sources relating to each category (e.g. a soldier talking about lice in the trenches). Remember if you are going to use the sources to cite who is saying it and where it has come from!

=IMAGES= [] If you are looking for images on the First World War, don't use google images. Use the Imperial War Museum image archive, and remember to properly cite your source - e.g. who took it? When? What does the picture show us? At what point in the war was it taken?


 * VIDEOS**

[] This site has lots of short, informative clips on all the topics we study in school. Search using keywords e.g. 'trench', 'ww1', 'somme'

'Paths of Glory' (1957) media type="youtube" key="gPtVNDvwGMo" width="425" height="350" The best scene from the best World War One movie. See how a French attack during the battle of Verdun proceeds..

'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930) media type="youtube" key="Ciq9ts02ci4" width="425" height="350" The original and the best, a film so controversial that the Nazis tried to ban it. This famous scene shows the Germans trying to resist an attack by the French.

=POETRY/ART OF THE TRENCHES=

[] This site has information about the poets and examples of their work.

Recommended reading

If you enjoy the topic, or if you want to read around it a little, try some of these novels:
All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks Private Peaceful and Warhorse - Michael Morpurgo

Or if you prefer something a little more meaty and historical..
The first day on the Somme - Martin Middlebrook Tommy - Richard Holmes

Some good memoirs by people who actually fought in the trenches:
Storm of Steel - Ernst Junger. (Memoir of a German officer) Goodbye to all that - Robert Graves (memoir of famous British writer) Memoirs of a fox hunting man - Siegfriend Sassoon (Memoir of famous British war poet)