This site about the Titanic is fun and educational. These are some lesson plan ideas, activities, and books you can use to look up additional information and pictures of the Titanic. Some of the books you can use are:

1.Exploring the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard

2. Titanic: The Long Night by Diane Hoh

3. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

4. Titanic by Frank Sloan

5. The Night Lives On by Walter Lord

6. The Story of the Titanic edited by Jack Windsor

7. The Titanic: End of a Dream by Wyn Craig Wade

8. Titanic: Triumphant Tragedy by John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas

9.882 ½ Questions and Answers About the Titanic by Hugh Brewster

10. Ghost Liners by Robert D. Ballard

These are some of the books we used to find information. Some of those books are fiction and some are non-fiction. The book Exploring the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard is a good book if you are looking for pictures or information on the discovery of the Titanic. These are some topics and things you could do with the topics as lesson plans:

1.      Center a lesson on what life was like on the Titanic for the different classes of passengers. You can use our viewpoints to get an idea of what it might have been like to be 1^st class, 2^nd class, and so on. Have each child choose an identity and find out what life was like for him or her on the ship. You can find a list of Titanic’s passengers at http://www.rmstitanic.net . Then the students could act out a day for these people on the Titanic. Some of the students could group up for their skits. 

2.    Have the students pretend they are discovering the Titanic. They could make a journal of their make-believe underwater expedition. Then they could model some of the artifacts. Then they could perhaps write a small book about their discovery.

These are a couple of lesson plans you could elaborate on and use for a Titanic unit. Maybe you could even use your own lesson plan!

For activities, perhaps you could have the students:

·        Make a model from paper, clay, or whatever material of the ship, Titanic

·        Have the students- either on their own or in small groups- make board games that have themes like:

Escape the Titanic: the board would look like a map of the ship. Each person chooses one of 4 game pieces. There might be a small deck of cards. Each card would have a question on it. The student would have to answer the question correctly to move ahead on the board. You roll the dice to find out how far you can move.

Another activity you could do with your class is to make a map of their own make-believe ship. They could base it on the Titanic. The students could even draw pictures of their 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd class passengers. 

These are some lesson plans and activities that may assist you in your lessons. All teachers may use these plans and other things to do for a fun and educational lesson about the ghostly liner, Titanic. Please enjoy!!!