How useful are soldier’s letters in finding out about life in the trenches on
the Western Front 1914-1918?
It is important to note that evidence is essential for historians.
However,
evidence can vary in its usefulness.
Sometimes evidence can be very...
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How useful are soldier’s letters in finding out about life in the trenches on
the Western Front 1914-1918?
It is important to note that evidence is essential for historians.
However,
evidence can vary in its usefulness.
Sometimes evidence can be very useful but
sometimes evidence can be extremely misleading for historians.
You need to think
about the value of evidence very carefully, rather like a lawyer in a court case.
Watch the video “Letters from the trenches”.
Activity 1
Look at each of the five letters that your teacher as given you to analyse.
Using
the criteria make a positive case for each source that it is useful for the historian
who wishes to find out about life on the Western Front by completing the table
below.
Letter from the trenches.
This source of evidence is useful to the historian
because.
.
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6 General point.
Letters offer a unique personal insight to life on the western font.
They
represent the thoughts, feeling, attitudes and values of the men
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