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Trench Life

Trench Life. Life in the trenches. Disease. Trenchfoot. Infection caused by cold, wet insanitary conditions. Feet would go numb and turn red or blue 20,000 British soldiers treated in 1914-15. Trenchfoot. Trenchfoot. Trench Mouth.

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Trench Life

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  1. Trench Life

  2. Life in the trenches Disease

  3. Trenchfoot • Infection caused by cold, wet insanitary conditions. • Feet would go numb and turn red or blue • 20,000 British soldiers treated in 1914-15

  4. Trenchfoot

  5. Trenchfoot

  6. Trench Mouth • Caused by poor oral hygiene, stress, poor diet and lack of sleep • More common among smokers • Symptoms include foul breath & bleeding gums. • Swallowing painful & fever develops

  7. Trench Mouth

  8. Trench Fever • Symptoms included headaches, skin rashes & inflamed eyes. Mild form of typhus. • People often recovered after 5 or 6 days but long hospitalisations were common.

  9. What caused Trench Fever?

  10. Estimated that 97% of soldiers on the front-line were infected with body lice. • Thought that more serious forms of trench fever (i.e. Typhus) killed 10 – 40% of those affected • Killed many nurses

  11. Delousing stations set up

  12. Haircuts also given

  13. Cholera • Caused by drinking unclean water • Diarrheal disease • Can lose up to 20L of fluid in faeces

  14. Washing in the Trenches

  15. Spanish Flu • Pandemic in 1918 • Spread rapidly in cramped trenches – major cause of death Combated by wearing masks

  16. Gangrene • Minor injuries could get infected. • Americans report that 44% of gangrene victims died

  17. In addition, weapons were developed which were designed to cause illness on victims.

  18. Mustard Gas • Eyes become sore and victims vomit • Caused internal & external bleeding and stripped the lining from the throat • Skin would blister several hours after exposure.

  19. Soldiers suffering after a gas attack

  20. Phosgene Gas Chlorine gas was also used.

  21. How were gas attacks combated?

  22. So how could you develop these ideas? Over the next 3 weeks, we will produce an investigation which will look at ideas such as these in much greater detail

  23. How will we do this? Your investigation will have at least 4 chapters: • Conditions in the trenches • Daily life • Disease in the trenches • Technology & WW1 There can be MORE if you can think of suitable chapter headings

  24. For each heading you will be expected to research THOROUGHLY • Think about the questions you want to answer: e.g. Life in the trenches: • What were sleeping conditions like? • What was food like? • How many men would live together? • What was the daily routine? • What were men scared of? • Did they miss anything from back home?

  25. How will we find the answers to these questions? • Books • Videos • On-line: • Using internet sites • Finding pictures • Using comments, letters etc from soldiers • ANY OTHER RESOURCE which you think useful. E.g. War poetry

  26. How will you present your findings? • The most popular way will probably be in the form of a report. • However, if you want to try something else this may be possible: • E.g. Powerpoint. Be prepared to present your findings to the class.

  27. Possible Questions: • What was daily life like for the soldiers? • What was their daily routine? • How did soldiers feel in the trenches? • What was the food like? • How did they keep in touch with their family? • What were living conditions like? • How much sleep did the soldiers get? • What was the general health of the soldiers like? • What kind of problems did the soldiers face? • These are some ideas but THERE ARE MANY, MANY • MORE

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