Daily Life by Ella Leavey https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life By Madi, Helen, Ella and Henrietta en-us 2016-10-18 01:51:41 UTC 2025-06-04 00:17:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png Trench Art 43952 https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131346909 This source is an example of trench art. This art piece is a decorated shell case. It was created by a unnamed French soldier on the Western Front, on the Verdun battle field. The writing in it says Cote 304, which is a feature on the Verdun battlefield. This source was created between the 21 of February and the 19 December  1916. I got this source from the Imperial War Museum Website. 

Historians could use this source  to learn what the soldiers did in their spare time. The historians could then infer how boring and mundane the daily life in the trenches was. 

This source is very reliable, as is was from a museum website, which are very reliable and well respected so this source is probably a genuine primary source. ]]> 2016-10-18 02:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131346909 Food, Diet and Rations 49600 https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131347203 This source pictures the weekly rations that soldiers were given. This shows just how basic food was in the days of the war. It also can show how exact and small the rations were, with these rations sometimes having to last a lot longer than they were meant for.

Historians could use this source to find information about the sort of food and rations solders received. It is reliable because, whilst the photo wasn't taken back in the war, the actual objects in the photo are from the war time. ]]> 2016-10-18 02:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131347203 Spare time in the trenches 3908 https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131348236 When not at war, one of the more popular pastimes soldiers participated in was games and sports. This primary source depicts a game of football played between soldiers on the same side. The games were used as a way to keep up morale and fitness among men. Historians could find this useful when looking at the relationships and mateship between soldiers during world war one and how they spent their spare time. This source is quite reliable as it does not show signs of being staged (such as eye contact).]]> 2016-10-18 02:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131348236 Spare time - Letters 3908 https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131664335 "My Dearest Mary,
 We are in the Army now. I am sitting inside our little old tent listening to the gentle patter of the raindrops on the canvas. It began raining here this morning and it is still at it. No drill today, so I will have time to write a letter or two." - Lloyd Maywood Stanley (soldier), August 6, 1917

The following excerpt of a letter, confirms writing to home as a pastime, just as this soldier is writing to his wife, Mary.

This would be useful to historians researching the everyday life of soldiers when not working or fighting. The reliability of the source is questionable, however, as the location is not mentioned on the letter.
]]> 2016-10-19 00:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131664335 Trench Cookbook 43952 https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131664433 ‘To boil an egg takes 3 to 5 minutes, counting from the moment when the water boils (the water is boiling when it is blistering)’- German Trench Cookbook.
This source is a cookbook designed to help soldiers in the trenches cook meals. Cooking was always seen as a women's job therefore few men could cook. This is why the intrusions in the book were very basic. This book was published in 1915 Janke Berlin . I got this source from the British Library website. 

Historians could use this source to learn about social norms regarding housework in 1915. They could also learn that most of the people that cook are soldiers and not chefs that know how to cook. 

this source is reliable because it is from a well regarded site that has many historians researching information for them.    ]]> 2016-10-19 00:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131664433 Rationing Quote 49600 https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131664632 "Look well at the loaf on your breakfast table and treat it as if it were real gold because the British loaf is going to beat the German" - A Wartime Leaflet

This quote can be very useful for historians to get an insight into just how strict rationing was.

It can be considered reliable because it is on a BBC website, which is a very reliable history website. Also, it is very closely related to many other sources, including photos of the rations.]]> 2016-10-19 00:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/49600/daily_life/wish/131664632