Presentation about the way solldiers lived during the WWI

1. The Great War

2. You are about to see some pictures of soldiers during WWI.
As you see them, analyze them thinking about the following questions:
What is going on?
What are these people doing?
How are they feeling?
What could be considered an aspect of normal daily life?

3. This photograph shows daily life
on the frontline. A British soldier
is washing in the stagnant water
that has collected in a shell
crater. Millions of soldiers lived
in similar conditions of poor
hygiene.
http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/british-soldier-makes-
toilet#sthash.Jj1Mjjhr.dpuf

4. This photograph shows daily life
in a trench: a soldier is having
his hair cut. At the beginning of
the war, it was thought the
conflict would last just a few
weeks or months.
But quickly it became a war of
attrition, and spanned more
than four years. Trenches, like
this one on the Albanian Front,
became home for the soldiers.
http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/alpine-barber-trenches-
cerna#sthash.8Pqz0mng.dpuf

5. In this photograph we can
see a group of soldiers,
Highlander and Indian
Dogras, sitting in a trench.
Each man has a rifle in front
of him, to which a bayonet
could be fixed for close
combat.
 http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/highlanders-and-dogras-
in-trench#sthash.UiAtPXtE.dpuf

6. In this photograph we can see
Indian soldiers digging a trench,
which is then reinforced with
sandbags and protected by
barbed wire at the front. Over 1.5
million Indian soldiers fought as
volunteers for Great Britain in
the First World War.
 http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/indian-infantry-digging-
trenches#sthash.OzDdCLFP.dpuf

7. In an unrelenting war, religion
played a major role. This
photograph of an Italian priest
blessing English soldiers in the
field demonstrates the
personal devotion of many
troops during World War One.
 http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/italian-priest-communion-
english-soldiers#sthash.FjXyU1jc.dpuf

8. This photograph shows an
officer in his hut, which is
dug into the side of a trench.
The walls are reinforced with
sandbags and hay bales to
protect against shell attacks.
 http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/an-officers-
dugout#sthash.ycnUxDLU.dpuf

9. Now, after seeing the pictures, read the article by Paul Cornish and
answer the following questions:
What was the reality of daily life in the trenches?
What difficulties did soldiers face in the trenches?
Was life the same for all? Explain.

10. Now, after seeing the pictures, read the article by Paul Cornish and
answer the following questions:
What was the reality of daily life in the trenches?
What difficulties did soldiers face in the trenches?
Was life the same for all? Explain.