While continuing their "History Alive" project the 11th grade History students found themselves no longer on the factory floor, but on the Western Front in the Trenches of World War I.  In this exercise students assumed the roles of soldiers during World War I to gain an understanding of life and death on the Western Front.  The classroom was converted into a trench, and students had to remain under cover below trench.  Excerpts from Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front were read to the students, while they viewed images from World War I. 

Students then acted out many of the elements of life in the trenches, including Pest control, Bombardments, and Gas Attacks.