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WWI Sensory Figure

The document outlines a project for creating a sensory figure representing a British soldier in WWI, detailing their thoughts, sights, emotions, and physical sensations. The soldier experiences despair and anxiety while dealing with harsh conditions in the trenches, including trench foot and extreme cold. A letter to the soldier's family expresses longing for home and the hope for the war to end soon.

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WWI Sensory Figure

The document outlines a project for creating a sensory figure representing a British soldier in WWI, detailing their thoughts, sights, emotions, and physical sensations. The soldier experiences despair and anxiety while dealing with harsh conditions in the trenches, including trench foot and extreme cold. A letter to the soldier's family expresses longing for home and the hope for the war to end soon.

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Name______________________________ Date ______________

WWI Soldier Sensory Figure


Directions:
1. Use your WWI Soldier Experience Document and any other worksheets on WWI along with the
discussions we had in class to create a sensory figure to represent a type of person fighting in WWI.
2. Your figure will be a soldier fighting for the Allied Powers during WWI.
3. For your figure, identify who they are and the country they are fighting for including what they think,
see, feel emotionally, feel physically (body, hands, feet) and what they might say.
4. On the back, write a short 5-7 sentence letter to the family of this soldier, including a general summary
of the soldier’s experience, their emotional state, what they have seen, etc.

The soldier is from UK

what they think: The soldier thinks about


getting through each day in the
trenches, . He wishes that “the war
would soon be over”

What they see - the soldier sees rats as


big as cats, decomposing bodies, and
endless mud. the rats are full of human
flesh.

emotionally - the soldier feels


despair, anxiety, and isolation. The
traumatic effects of "shell shock"
shattered his emotional well-being.
Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m reaching out to you from the front lines in


He deals with trench foot, extreme cold, France. The mud is thick and reaches our
and lice problems. A lot of people reported
feeling “shooting pains” from trench fever, knees, and we’re always feeling cold and
and their feet would go numb and turn damp. There are rats and lice all around us,
blue from being stuck in waterlogged and the sound of shells is relentless. It’s
trenches.
tough to get any sleep, and we’re all worn
out, but we keep pushing forward for the King
and our nation. I think about home every
A British soldier might say, "We
single day, and your letters really motivate
battle for our King and our
me to carry on. I hope this war wraps up soon
nation, but these trenches are a
so I can come back home safely.
nightmare. All I can do is hope
this war wraps up soon so we
Love always,
can return home."
Adam

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