Design Deliverables:
Your task for the day is to work in pairs to:
Watch this video from the Imperial War Museum and make notes that will help you make informed design decisions:
These pages give background information to the topics being covered and might be useful in giving you ideas of ways in which solders' lives could have been improved.
Life-Saving Objects For Life In The Trenches | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk)
Keeping Clean And Healthy In WW1 Trenches | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk)
Trench Foot Facts, Worksheets, Overview, Prevention & Outbreak In WWI | (schoolhistory.co.uk)
In case you want any extra information about the task:
What does an industrial designer do? - CareerExplorer
You might also find the History resources in the box below useful too.
Print resources from the library collection:
Subscription databases articles
(If you are not on the school network, you will need to log in from the subscription databases page and then come back here to gain access)
Articles from Britannica Intermediate:
Royal Army Medical Corps -- Britannica School (eb.co.uk) - this article covers several medical advances that helped save lives during WWI.
Other online resources:
Medical developments in World War One - The British Library (bl.uk) - part of the British Library's digitised collection of WWI materials. Lots more to discover on this site too.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Criterion B: Synthesizing
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