By Kylie Deerwester
SILVERDALE - With wet feet and sticky hands, Stephanie Render’s Honors History class experienced what it was like in a WWI trench. Students were told to bring a pair of socks in a bag and a stuffed animal or an empty can or water bottle. They did not know what Render was planning until the day of the project. They would be offered extra credit if they brought all three items Render then put the socks they brought in water and made them put them on. After that they sat on the tarp and put their hands in flour and water. All this was later revealed to show them what it was like in a WW1 trench. “It was not at all what I expected, It was kinda exciting but also so unexpected,” says eighth grader Maleia Manzano. On May 17th, students walked in and noticed right away that there was a huge blue tarp in the middle of the classroom. The stuffed animals they brought were surrounding the tarp and the cans and water bottles were in the center of the tarp. The cans and water bottles represented the trash that was everywhere. The animals represented all the rats that were there. The wet socks represented the wet feet that the soldiers have and had to live with it. The flour and water represented the bathing that the soldiers got to have. “It was so gross, I was like the most disgusting thing I’ve ever done at school,” says eighth grader Morgen Simons. At the end they understood what it was like in a WWI trench. Comments are closed.
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