letter on page 19, outline only some of the deplorable conditions the troops were forced to endure.
There were other dangers In the trenches as well.
To illustrate the immense task involved in digging"
trenches, complete the following activity.
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Trench warfare was a major feature of World
War I. Because the combination of machine guns
and heavy artillery made life above ground too
dangerous, the opposing armies dug a series of
trenches from which to defend themselves and to
launch attacks. The trenches, as described in the
Assume that the small tools issued by the military took 20 shovelfuls of dirt to create a 1-cubic-foot hole.
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I. (iiow many shg^sjof dirt would it take to create a trench 1 foot wide, by 3 feet long,
by 6 feet deep?
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2. If a person could dig 4 shovels of dirt in a minute,
it take to dig a hole
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dirt would it take to dig a trench 3 feet across by 6 feet deep
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long| would St take one person to dig this trench?
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5. powjnany jjeopje^would it take to dig the above trench in an hour?
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6. \Howjnariy pjogje)would it take if each person dug for 8 hours?
7. JHow rnanyTslj^g^of dirt would it take to dig a trench 3 feat across, by 6 feet deep,
by 400 miles long?
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9, How many people would it take to dig this 400-mile long trench if sach person wo/ked,
for 8 hours?
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