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The Science of a Historic Sinking

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Incorporate science investigations to expand pupils' understanding of the Titanic.
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Titanic Survivors: One Ship, Two Different Worlds

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Scholars explore claims from two Titanic survivors, a first-class passenger and a person from the steerage class. The activity uses primary documents to help pupils determine whether the White Star Line showed preferential treatment to...
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The Titanic Disaster: Measuring Loss of Life, Property and Injuries

For Teachers 6th - 12th
One man's unsinkable dream became a disaster for many. An intriguing activity uses primary sources to examine the claims made by Titanic survivors against the White Star Line. Scholars analyze the claims, complete a worksheet, and...
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The Titanic Disaster: One Survivor's Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An activity focuses on Lucy Ridsdale, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Scholars analyze primary sources and place them in the correct sequence. Academics also complete a worksheet and participate in group discussion to...
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Inevitable Accident or Wrongful Act: Judging the Titanic Disaster

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The unsinkable ship that sunk. Scholars review the case against the White Star Line following the tragic loss of life from the Titanic disaster. Academics read documents and organize them into arguments for and against the cruise line....
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Ocean Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Where am I? The second installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program starts with pupils guessing the years in which major ocean exploration events took place. The instructional activity then...
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White Star Line and the Titanic

For Students 6th - 10th
Was the Titanic advertised as an unsinkable ship, or was it just what the public believed? In this analysis activity, historians examine both primary and secondary sources to determine the answer to this question and the reliability of...
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Art: Iceberg Calves

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students in small groups, research icebergs, including where they are located and the sinking of the Titanic. In addition, they discover the process of calving. Then, using construction paper and paints, students draw and color pictures...
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Titanic: Second Class Passengers

For Students 5th - 7th
What about the second class passengers on the Titanic? In this history worksheet, students read paragraphs and study photographs of five second class passengers on the fatal voyage of the Titanic. There are no questions to answer,...
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Titanic Construction Crossword

For Students 4th - 6th
Make learning about the construction of the Titanic fun! This Titanic crossword puzzle learning exercise has students use 11 clues about the ship's history, creators, and assembly to complete the puzzle. Consider using as a way to...
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Construction of the Titanic

For Students 6th - 11th
How was the Titanic built? Using this study guide, young historians discover details regarding the construction of the Titanic. Learners read 7 sections of information and examine photographs. Consider using this handout as a jigsaw...
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Titanic Facts and Figures

For Students 4th - 5th
Looking for a way to include math in your history lesson on the Titanic? In this instructional activity, historians read a paragraph containing facts and figures about the Titanic, then use the background information to answer 4...
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Turmoil In 20th-Century Europe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the Titanic disaster. In this research skills lesson, students watch "Turmoil in 20th Century Europe," and then discuss how experts have provided the public information about the disaster. Students research the disaster...
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Morse Code and the Titanic

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners review the story of the Titanic. In this science inventions lesson plan, students use what they learn about the Titanic to study electromagnets and the invention of the telegraph. Learners make electromagnets with batteries,...
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The Titanic Disaster

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the titanic disaster.  In this geography lesson, 7th graders research basic facts about the Titanic.  Students create Titanic scrapbooks. 
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Were Rivets to Blame for Titanic Sinking?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students answer questions about the Titanic, then read a news article about possible causes of the disaster. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read...
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Settlements in Belfast

For Students 6th - 7th
In this Belfast geography worksheet, students arrange the names of places in order by size, color a map, match important dates and events, and write a plan for redeveloping Laganside.
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The Interview of a Lifetime

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the process of creating an interview by role playing as a reporter who has the opportunity to interview one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. They ask only five questions in this interview of a lifetime therefore...
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Summing Up the Disaster

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to news writing being a concise, factual, and informative type of writing. They assess that publishing an article in a newspaper style utilizes a word processing program. Each student researches the Titanic...
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Bigger, Faster, Stronger . . . Higher

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze popular feelings and beliefs about two major disasters: the sinking of the Titanic (1912) and the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (1986). They compile evidence, through research and interviews, about how much...
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Lost Liners Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students practice research skills by scouring Internet for facts and information about the lost ocean liners Titanic, Lusitania, and Empress of Ireland.
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Special Effects-Titanic and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video clip about special effects. They use geometry to determine how it changes one's perspective. They work together to construct their own room and comparing their room with other groups, noting the type of...
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Galvanic vs. Titanic?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover how galvanic exchange has contributed tot he deterioration of the Titanic. They perform an experiment in which they predict which of 2 metals deteriorate when placed in a salt solution.
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What's Eating Titanic?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, research the bio deterioration of the Titanic. They write a report focusing on the rusting of the Titanic and estimate the amount of time it will take for the Titanic's bow section to completely dissolve.