Name: ______Date: ______
All Quiet on the Western Front
Date: August 18, 1917
Place: Germany
Memo to: Soldiers of Sergeant Ajalat’s Platoon
RE: Assignment Code: Doughboy
Battlefield Orders: You are a
carefully chosen group of trusted soldiers who will act covertly to gather information for President Woodrow Wilson. You are to gather information which will either confirm or disprove information already flowing into his office concerning the nature of trench warfare in World War I.
Sergeant Ajalat has given you a Top Secret document with specific questions concerning trench warfare. It is your job to answer these questions as completely as possible in the time available. You will be given a list of top secret Internet sites which can provide the information needed. Only diligent and sharp observers will dig up and discover the necessary information President Wilson needs.
Confidential Internet Sites:
Encyclopedia of the First World War: Trench Warfare
http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWtrench.htm
Eyewitness World War I
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm
World War I Image Archive
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
Mission Evaluation
Your grade will be determined by how well you complete
this Top Secret mission.
Did you answer all the questions? (20 points)
August 18, 1915 Name: ______
Dear soldier,
Answer these questions as completely as possible. Your efforts could very well change the tide of the war.
1. What does the phrase "no man's land" mean?
2. What is dysentery, what causes it, and why is it such a big problem for the trenches?
3. How big of a problem are the trench rats, and what do they survive off eating?
4. What are the symptoms of shell shock?
5. British agents have already intercepted German plans to use "sapping" and "tunneling" against our trenches. What does each of these terms mean?
6. Why is gas warfare drawing so much attention? What chemicals are the Germans using and what are the effects?
7. What is the range of a flame-thrower?
8. Describe the food situation in the trenches.
9. In your research, find at least one more piece of information that you believe is important to our understanding of trench warfare.
10. Research, discover, print out, and paste at least two actual photographs that will show President Wilson exactly what is happening at the Front.
11. List three new technologies in war fare of World War 1. How did these new innovations change war forever?
Soldier: ______