Social Studies Class Work Name:________________________

Period______ Wednesday, February 13, 2016

The War Front during World War I
Film Clip: They Shall Not Grow Old (4 min.)
What did you observe/hear during the British soldiers statements regarding the Germans, and regarding their
overall feelings about the war? Did anything surprise you?

Gallery Walk Investigation:

-Search for these terms while you complete the gallery walk, and match the vocabulary word to its definition!

DEFINITIONS VOCABULARY
A strategy of defending your position by
fighting from ditches; soldiers dug
trenches of about 6 to 8 feet deep, and No Man’s Land
wide enough for two men to pass.

A stretch of ground often protected barbed

wire and land mines between enemy
lines; varied in length from 200 to 1,000 Trench Warfare
yards. This term means “disputed
territory.”

A situation during the war when neither

side could take action or make progress;
deadlock. Total War

A military strategy in which each side tried

to win the war by forcing collapse of the
other side through continuous losses in Stalemate
personnel and military supplies.

WWI, a global conflict, involved economies,

governments, and populations of
participating nations -32 in all- to an extent Attrition
never before seen in history. Enormous Warfare
human (military/civilian) and material losses
were sustained.
Weapons during World War I
“The First World War saw technological innovation (change) of unprecedented (never known before) impact…it was the
first modern industrial (commercial) war in which material resources and manufacturing were as important as the
skill of troops. Machine guns, tanks, explosives, chemical weapons, airplanes, radios, and rapidly improving medical
technology were just a few areas that reshaped twentieth century warfare.”
Source: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/240-artist-soldiers-technology

Below, circle the three Weapons you believe had the biggest impact during World War One:

‘Langer Max’ Defense Gun Aircraft with Machine Guns/Missiles Submarines (U-Boats)



Chemical Weapons/Mustard Gas Tanks Machine Guns and Stirnpanzers

Trench Warfare: Facts

What roles were women filling on the Eastern and Western Fronts?

! Each battalion had its own supply of -Name and describe at least two of the women’s roles you read about below:
rum that it distributed to its soldiers.
Each division of 20,000 men received
300 gallons.
! Every soldier carried iron rations --
emergency food that consisted of a
can of bully bee, biscuits and a tin of
tea and sugar.
! A single pair of rats could produced
up to 880 offspring in a year.
! 3,894 men in the British Army were
convicted of self-inflicted wounds.
! The British Army treated 20,000
soldiers for trench foot during the
winter of 1914-15.
! A lit candle was fairly effective in
removing lice, but the skill of burning
the lice without setting yourself on
fire was difficult to learn.
! Soldiers in the trenches often
depended on impure water from shell-
holes or other cavities, causing
dysentery.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/greatwar