Download - Trench Warfare Simulation
Why did trench warfare lead to a stalemate?
Lesson Intention: Understanding trench war through simulation
Key Questions:What were the key strategies of trench warfare?
Why were they so successful defensively?Why were they so ineffective offensively?
Procedure:
1.Build trenches2.Organise your force3.Arm your force4.Learn tactics5.WAR!
2. BUILD TRENCHES
Room Plan:
● 2 lines of trenches:■ 1 x firing trench ■ 1 x cover trench
● Chairs upside down to simulate obstacles such as barbed wire
● “No Man’s Land” - the space between each trench where no man could survive
Chairs
Fire Trench
Cover Trench
ARRANGE THE ROOM...
GO!
1.Organise your force
Generals pick:ONE general
ONE artilleryONE Machine gunThe rest are infantry
3. ARM YOUR FORCE
● Use recycling paper to create ammunition
● Ammunition is to be SHARED by the whole army
● You have 3 MINUTES to make as much ammunition as possible….
GO!
Learn Tactics...