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...

WAR!!!