The Titanic resources - PowerPoint lessons, printables activites and more
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Description
A informative pack of resources to teach your students of what happened on that fateful day in April 1912. Contains PowerPoints, bulletin board resources and printables.
Contains both UK and US versions
PowerPoint lessons:
TITANIC INTRODUCTION
A page for recording what the children already know, and a brief outline of the 1900's, the Titanic, and her maiden journey.
BUILDING THE TITANIC
Who built and designed the Titanic and where it was built.
ON BOARD THE TITANIC
A 28 page PowerPoint, looking at who was on board - the crew, the different classes of passengers, and what each class was like, and what the Titanic was like inside.
TITANIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
A 30 page PowerPoint, telling the story of the Titanic's fateful maiden voyage. It includes an explanation of how icebergs travel to the Atlantic Ocean, and looks at some survivors and what happened to the victims of the disaster.
TIMELINE OF THE VOYAGE
A detailed step by step report of the events of the Titanic's maiden voyage.
FINDING THE TITANIC
Looks at how the Titanic was rediscovered in 1985, and what has happened to her since. Includes pictures and artefacts from the wreck.
Printables:
BLANK MAP: For the children to map out the route the Titanic took
WHAT I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE TITANIC: sheet for the children to record what they already know and what they would like to learn.
WRITING SHEET: Lined and unlined, with a picture of a ship’s wheel, for creative writing/poetry etc
NEWSPAPER REPORT: For report writing
SEQUENCING: Images for sequencing the story
Plus 2 Titanic images to colour
WORDMAT: Titanic vocabulary
Display / Bulletin board
TITANIC LETTERING: This lettering is to cut out for display. 'THE TITANIC' is written out, plus there are all upper and lower case letters and numbers included so that you can print out whatever you need to personalise your display.
TITANIC A4 HEADER.
NEWSPAPERS, POSTERS AND MEMO: To print out for display
TITANIC IMAGES: Old photographs of the Titanic for display
TITANIC VOCABULARY: 3 words per A4 sheet, includes: Officer, Captain, steward, passengers, crew, voyage, deck, stern, bow, starboard, port, hull, oars, anchor, porthole, crow's nest, shipwreck, lifejacket, wreckage, lifeboat, iceberg, radio, newspaper, debris field, plus some of the crew involved in the maiden voyage.
Each word is accompanied by a picture and definition / description.