Propaganda & Poetry

Objective

• Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during WW1.
• Analyze the poems of Gibson, Owen, and Sassoon.

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #5.  Imagine you are an 18-year old soldier who has been fighting in the trenches on the Western Front for a year. 
1. What kind of sounds do you hear around you?
2. What kind of smells are there in the trenches?
3. What kinds of emotions do you feel?
4. What do you think of your commanders back at base?
5. What do you wish for?
2. World War 1 - Propaganda
3. War Poets
4. All Quiet on the Western Front