Titanic 100 th year commemoration Blackmoor Park Junior School Titanic Day Thursday 29 th March

Titanic Day Thursday 29 th March As part of our commemoration activities in school, the are invited to come into school dressed up in clothes typical of the Titanic era. The year was 1912 and the photos on this powerpoint will help you with ideas. We look forward to seeing your costumes!

RMS Titanic RMS Titanic sank on April 15 th 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. It hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank. It was built by the ‘White Star Line’ company who were based in Liverpool.

On board the Titanic……. There were over 2000 people aboard the Titanic, some very rich and some quite poor. 1, 517 people died when the Titanic sank. Only 710 people survived.

On board the Titanic... If you travelled on RMS Titanic, you could stay in either first, second or third class. First class passengers were very wealthy and stayed at the top of the boat. Second class passengers had some money and stayed in the middle of the boat. Third class passengers were poor and stayed at the bottom of the Titanic.

There was less chance of survival if you stayed in second or third class because you weren’t allowed onto the lifeboats until the first class women and children had boarded them. 92% of second class male passengers died when the Titanic sank. Less than a quarter of all the third class passengers survived. On board the Titanic…….

Photographs of Titanic passengers

These two passengers were in first class. The man, John Jacob Astor was the richest person on board. He was sailing with his wife Madeline, her maid and their dog. He asked if he could go in a lifeboat with his wife but was told that he couldn’t. He did not survive but his wife did. The woman is ‘The unsinkable Molly Brown’ She was called this because she persuaded the crew in charge of her lifeboat to go back and look for any survivors and persuaded the ladies on board that they could row the boat! She survived the disaster and helped lots of people who had lost everything.

Captain Edward Smith. He was in charge of the Titanic. Charles John Joughin. He was a second class passenger.

Titanic Survivors Eva Hart was only seven years old when the Titanic sank. She had been travelling with her parents. Her parents were emigrating to Canada. They travelled in second class. All the way through the journey, her mother thought that something terrible was going to happen to the ship. Throughout the voyage Eva's mother was troubled by a fear that some kind of catastrophe would hit the ship. “We went on the day on the boat train... I was 7, I had never seen a ship before... it looked very big...everybody was very excited, we went down to the cabin and that's when my mother said to my father that she had made up her mind quite firmly that she would not go to bed in that ship, “ "My father was so excited about it and my mother was so upset... The first time in my life I saw her crying... she was so desperately unhappy about the prospect of going, she had this premonition, a most unusual thing for her... “ Eva was sleeping when the Titanic struck the iceberg. Eva's father rushed into her cabin to alert his wife and daughter, and after wrapping Eva in a blanket, carried her to the boat's deck. He placed his wife and daughter in Lifeboat No. 14 and told Eva to 'hold mummy's hand and be a good girl.' It was the last time she would ever see her father. Eva's father perished and his body, if recovered, was never identified.

Titanic Survivors Fred Fleet was abandoned as a child in Liverpool. He was on duty the night that the Titanic hit the iceberg. He spotted the iceberg and called the captain to change direction. He survived because he was in charge of one of the lifeboats. J. Bruce Ismay was the chairman of the White Star Line. He survived by getting on board one of the last lifeboats.

The last survivor of Titanic was a lady called Milvina Dean. Milvina was just nine weeks old when she was rescued from Titanic and was 97 when she died. Coincidentally she died on the 98th anniversary of Titanic’s launch. The last Titanic survivor was travelling to America with her mother, father and brother. They were emigrating to Kansas City where her father was going to run a tobacconist’s shop. Milvina’s father, Bertram who was just 25 years old, was lost in Titanic’s sinking. He had felt the impact of the iceberg and had told his wife to go up on deck with the children. After being brought to New York on Carpathia, the remaining Dean family returned to England. Her mother did not talk about the Titanic disaster until Milvina was 8 years old. Milvina lived in and around Southampton for most of her life and in her later years, she spent much of her time answering letters from Titanic fans around the world, signing autographs and receiving visitors. Milvina died aged 97 in Last survivor of the Titanic

Here are some photos of the Titanic. There are very few photographs of the third class passengers from the Titanic. Why do you think that might be?

This tragic letter was sent by May Louise McMurray to her father William McMurray, first class bedroom steward on the Titanic. The letter arrived in Southampton after Titanic had sailed so it was returned to the family. William, born in Birkenhead, did not survive the sinking. 60 Empress Road Kensington Liverpool Dear Father It seems ages since I last seen you. I wish we where in Southampton with you it is very lonely without you Dear Father I have not been so very well I have had a a [sic] bad throat hoping I will soon get better for Mama worries so much little Ernie as not been so well but he as got better now hoping you are keeping well dada so ta love from Ivy and and [sic] Ernie thank dada for the presents love from all dada hoping to see you soon with love from Ivy and May and Ernie xxxxxxxxxx kisses for dada x Dada this is my first letter

The original letter sent by May Louise McMurray

Little Girl Giant The letter by May Louise McMurray inspired the Little Girl Giant....

Titanic Day Thursday 29 th March As part of our commemoration activities in school, the are invited to come into school dressed up in clothes typical of the Titanic era. The year was 1912 and the photos on this powerpoint will help you with ideas. We look forward to seeing your costumes!