Social Studies Name:__________________________________ 72

Period______ Monday, February 12, 2018

Class Work
The War Front during World War I

Women in the War: On the Front and At Home

Pick 1 Observations: What does this object reveal about WWI?

Object What do you see? Feel? Notice? (refer to labels & readings at station).
Red Cross
Poster

1st Aid Kit

Photographs
of Women
Nurses and
workers

Medal of
Honor

1. List 2 ways that women aided the war effort at home, and 2 ways that women aided the war effort on the
battlefields.

2. Why was World War I a major turning point for women in Western countries?
 The WORLD at War

Pick 1 Observations: What does this object reveal about WWI?

Object What do you see? Feel? Notice? (refer to labels & readings at station).
Compass

Photos of
international
soldiers

Jellabiya

1. Shade 1 color for Allied Powers and another for Central Powers.
2. Label the Western Front, the Eastern Front, the British naval blockade, & 1 non-European campaign.
 Life as a Soldier

Pick 1 Observations: What does this object reveal about WWI?

Object What do you see? Feel? Notice? (refer to labels & readings at station).
Canteen

Songbook

Red Cross
making
Doughnuts
Photo

Harlem
Hellfighters
Photos

1. Read a few of the quotations from veterans from the Library of Congress webpage. Using those quotations
and the objects at this station, how would you describe daily life as a soldier in WWI?

2. The United States was still deeply segregated at the time of WWI. African Americans were considered
second-class citizens, and did not have the same protections or privileges as white Americans. And yet they
went to fight in WWI to protect freedom and democracy abroad. Is that fair? Explain.
 The Battlefield

Pick 1 Observations: What does this object reveal about WWI?

Object What do you see? Feel? Notice? (refer to labels & readings at station).
Barbed wire
and cutters

Postcards

Helmet and
uniform

Gas mask
photographs

Fill in the key terms and draw 2 illustrations, one for the first two, one for the second two.
KEY TERMS DEFINITIONS Illustration
a strategy of defending a position by
fighting from deep ditches; soldiers
dug trenches of about 6 to 8 feet deep
and wide enough for two men to pass

the stretch of ground between

opposing lines of trenches, protected
by barbed wire and landmines; varied
in length from 200 to 1,000 yards

a situation during the war when

neither side was winning, gaining
ground, or making progress; a
deadlock

a military strategy in which each side

tried to win the war by wearing down
the other side, not by battle victories,
but by continuous loss of life and
military supplies; the side with the
most resources usually wins