In our classroom today, we have turned our desks upside down and created trenches and bunker areas, and all the students have had to spend their time in the trenches, cramped, with the sound of gunfire and battle. We've written letters home to talk about the conditions, and about how the 'adventure' was anything but.
This has been a great topic to cover, and the children have a much deeper understanding of the profound effects of war on both soldiers and those left at home.