1. The Titanic Lesson Objectives To analyse the design of the ship To analyse the design of the ship To understand what happened to the Titanic. To understand what happened to the Titanic.

2. What do you already know? Titanic Write down any facts you know about the titanic already

3. At the time of her construction, Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world. Titanic’s maximum speed was 23 knots (26 MPH) Why was Titanic so special?

4. The Titanic The Titanic was the most luxurious liner of the time. The first class staterooms were sumptuously furnished while third class passengers remarked that their cabins were like second class cabins on any other ship. The total cost of the RMS Titanic was $7.5 million (1912) At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world Owned by White Star Line

5. Titanic’s Maiden voyage Southampton Titanic began her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, bound for New York on 10 April 1912, with Captain Edward J. Smith in command. On the maiden voyage of the Titanic some of the most prominent (important) people of the day were travelling in first- class

6. First Class First class had very grand surroundings rich furnishings, electric fireplace, writing table and adult living area. Separate quarters were also available for servants. A first class parlour suite cost £870 while a first class berth cost £30 There were 325 first class passengers on board - 175 men, 144 women and 6 children

7. Features of the Titanic First swimming pool on a ship A floating palace The gym The grand staircase Turkish baths Cafe and restaurants

8. Third Class There were 706 third class passengers on board - 462 men, 165 women and 79 children tickets cost between 3 and 8 pound The accommodation in third class was no where near as grand as first class. Each of the 222 Third Class cabins were provided with heat, electrical lighting, fresh water basins and bunk beds with blankets and pillows but no sheets or pillow cases.

10. Your Task Design your own maiden voyage poster key facts You poster must include key facts about the Titanic You must persuade people to buy a ticket for the maiden voyage.

11. Why did the Titanic sink? at 11:40, Titanic struck an iceberg. Just after midnight, preparations for evacuation began. Two and a half hours later, Titanic finally sank

13. The sinking SOS Morse code call made to ships in the vicinity of the Titanic.

14. Deaths 2,223 706 1,517 perished (died) Of a total of 2,223 people aboard the Titanic only 706 survived the disaster and 1,517 perished (died) The majority of deaths were caused by hypothermia in the (−2 °C) water.

15. Survivors, victims and statistics Category Number on board Number of survivors Percentage survived Number lost Percentage lost First class32919960.5%13039.5% Second class28511941.7%16658.3% Third class71017424.5%53675.5% Crew89921423.8%68576.2% Total2,22370631.8%1,51768.2%

16. Your task After looking at the story of Titanic your task is to put yourselves in the shoes of a news reporter ‘breaking news’ You must produce a ‘breaking news’ broadcast in pairs of news coming through about the ‘Unsinkable’ Titanic in distress. What could we talk about in the news reports?