Assignments for the Sinking of the Titanic

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  Reading Assignment Internet Assignment Presentation Assignment
Days 1 & 2 Magic Tree House Research Guide:  Titanic
Chapters 1-4		 View these websites which include timelines:

http://www.theteachersguide.com/
Titanictimeline.html

http://nsonline.com/titanic/timeline.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~net_sirk/
timeline.html

http://www.bannerministry.com/titanic/
timeline.html

http://www.keyflux.com/titanic/timeline.htm

http://www.euronet.nl/users/keesree/
timeline.htm

http://www.geocities.com/titanicandco/
timeline.html

 The group will make a timeline detailing the major events that took place from the planning stages through the discovery of the Titanic remains.
Days 3 & 4 Magic Tree House Research Guide:  Titanic
Chapters 5-10		 Titanic Trivia
http://www2.sptimes.com/titanic/
Titanic_trivia.html		 Each person in the group chooses one Titanic Trivia fact to illustrate. Write the trivia fact on the back of your illustration. Have students guess the trivia fact during your presentation.
Days 5 & 6 The Titanic Lost...Found View Photo Slideshow from Encyclopedia Britiannica http://search.eb.com/titanic/01_PORT/
pict_01.html		 Each person in this group chooses one room "area" of the Titanic to describe. http://pages.prodigy.com/Unsinkable_Titanic/
photogra.htm

Find a photo of your room "area" to show the class during your presentation.
Days 7 & 8 Finding the Titanic Just for Fun

Ocean Planet:  How Deep Can They Go? http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/titanic.html

(View How deep can they go?, map of wreckage location, listen to
Wreck of the Titanic)

Lost at Sea (The Search for Longitude)  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
longitude/find.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
longitude/gps.html

 

 Finish timeline, illustrations, and room descriptions.