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Trench Warfare: Disaster and Diseases PPT

Trench Warfare: Disaster and Diseases PPT

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Examine the horrors of war with this age appropriate slide-show. Covered are the concepts, dangers, diseases, and uses for trench warfare as they were seen in WWI. Also included are several wartime poems relating to the effects of trench warfare. This will provide context to help students understand and connect to the history and literature produced during WWI.

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trench warfare, world war i

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trench warfare, wwi, dangers of trench warfare, dangers of war, perils of war, war-time poetry, social studies

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8th - 10th

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Social Studies & History

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