Over 500 students from various grade levels were building their own trenches along the Solanco High School grounds on Thursday, April 18.
Over 500 students from various grade levels were digging trenches along the Solanco High School grounds on Thursday, April 18.LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A Lancaster County history teacher is giving a lesson in World War I by having students"dig up dirt"... literally!
Over 500 students from various grade levels were digging trenches along the Solanco High School grounds on Thursday, April 18. Solanco social studies teacher Mike Miler calls it Trench Day. He says that for months students have been working hard to design the trenches, build periscopes and rifle posts, along with metal prepping and learning techniques from local World War I re-enactors.
"It's one thing to watch and read about in textbooks, but it's another to get out there and see this is what people really sat in for years at a time and had to endure the psychological and mental effects of all that. I think it's a hands-on way teach history in a meaningful way that also builds teamwork," Miller explained.
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