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Titanic Research Unit
Building Background Knowledge
Day 1
Give each student a piece of yellow "Legal Paper". Ask them to fold it in
half
Left side
What Do You Know About
the Titanic?
Right Side
What Do I Want to Know
About the Titanic?
Give students about 5 minutes to complete and then have them share in groups or as a class. You decide!
NEXT
Have students read an excerpt from Exploring the Titanic by Robert D.
Ballard-often an excerpt is found in literature books for middle school aged
children.
Before
reading share with students background information on Robert D. Ballard
Discuss the
excerpt
NEXT
Discuss/Review the Genre: Historical Fiction
Read Prologue of Titanic: Unsinkable Book 1 by Gordon Korman
Lastly,
Have students add to their "Legal Paper" on either or both sides
Read Prologue of Titanic: Unsinkable Book 1 by Gordon Korman
Summary Courtesy of Goodreads...
Unsinkable (Titanic #1)
The ultimate action/adventure trilogy begins, with #1 bestselling author Gordon Korman plunging readers into the heart of the Titanic.
The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there's plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie's mother is delivered to the ship by police - after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana's father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately.
The lives of these four passengers will be forever linked with the fate of Titanic. And the farther they get from shore, the more the danger looms.
The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there's plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie's mother is delivered to the ship by police - after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana's father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately.
The lives of these four passengers will be forever linked with the fate of Titanic. And the farther they get from shore, the more the danger looms.
Lastly,
Have students add to their "Legal Paper" on either or both sides
What new
questions does this create?
What did they
learn that they didn't know before reading this excerpt
Share what students have added as a class discussion
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