The soldier
It is the responsibility of the soldier to send home letters or journal
entries detailing his thoughts, feelings, observations, and reactions to the
war around him and his role in it. Other group members may provide reactions
to the entries or letters, however the responsibility of the soldier is to
provide a minimum of three journal or letter entries at a minimum of a page
each. These must be HANDWRITTEN not typed, no solder could carry a
typewriter in his knapsack.
Internet Links
Soldiers diary entries: this site offers examples of solder's diaries and
job descriptions to help you read and understand what life was like for the
common soldier or doughboy.
Soldier Diaries
Eye witness to history gives primary accounts of many of the most ifluential
events in history. Use this site to find information about the WWI soldier.
Eye Witness to History
Tom Morgan's Somme Diary gives the official transciprtion of the diary of a
british soldier fighting in the trenches during WWI.
Tom Morgan's Somme Diary
War letters gives a letter written from a soldier to his mother.
War letters
Dear Home- Go back in time through the letters of those who participated in
World War I -- including both soldiers and a nurse -- and who saw tragedy up
close...
Dear Home
Use YOUR brain!!
Just because this is a WebQuest doesn't mean that the you are
limited to only using what we have listed for your resources. Feel free to
search and find additional material that you feel is important to include
in your project!!