Access the PBS site entitled:

 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, 1914-1918

• Read the ten questions below and use information from the web site above or listed in the question to create an answer.  

• Please answer the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1.  Using the Historian's Link: "The Trenches: What They Were Really Like" by Paul Fussell, describe life in the trenches.

2.  Describe how the Schlieffen Plan for the defeat of France was supposed to work.  See the "Explosion-Stalemate" link.

3.  Based on the details of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, how did this battle show the defensive effectiveness of trench warfare?  Timeline 1916    also  Maps and Battles link.

4.  Using the Historian's link, how do the articles on "Lusitania" and "Hatred" by Jay Winter explain the modern concept of war?

5.  How does the web site define and describe "total war."  See:  Total War/Slaughter

6.  Using the Historian's link, what does Bernd Happauf mean by "blind war"?

7.  How did women contribute to the war effort?  There are at least three articles; you need to pull information from all of the links.

See articles by Diane Atkinson

Women's Contribution to the War Effort

Grieving Mother, Artist

8.  Why did the world's concept of heroism change as a result of this war?  Do you thiknk the world has changed it's concept of heroism since then?  Paul Fussell:  "The Heroic Connotation of War."

9.  Why does the website refer to World War I as the "War without end"?

10.  Using information at the following website:

Special Rations in World War I

What are the differences among the three types of rations?

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