
Disaster at Sea
Suitable for: Key stage 2
Time period: Early 20th Century 1901-1918
Suggested inquiry questions: How can we find out about significant events in the past?
Potential activities: Follow the videos for the main activity. Create a map with labels and images. Create a model out of recycling. Design menus, tickets or postcards used by passengers.
Welcome to episode four of Time Travel TV! This time we will be taking a close look at a document that reveals many details about the survivors of a famous disaster as sea.
Tasks
Part One
Look very carefully at the mystery document and think about what you can see. You might have printed the image out so you can circle things that you spot. Or you can make a list, chat to your helper or just have a think!
Part Two
Historians (people who study history) investigate documents a bit like we have– they collect the evidence from the document and then start making suggestions about what this evidence can tell us. We too can work like historians! Have a go at using the evidence we’ve collected to suggest some ideas about what this document is, when it comes from and what famous event it is connected too.
Part Three
Time to find out what this document is and if you were right with your suggestions!
Part Four
Additional documents to investigate:
Take a look at these two documents which relate to the disaster. What else can you discover?
Follow-up activities
- Research the route the Titanic took and create a map with labels and images showing potential risks at sea.
- Create an eco-model of the Titanic using any cardboard or plastic recyclables. If you are a keen builder you could use Lego or clay!
- Design menus, tickets or even postcards that passengers would have had aboard the Titanic.
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Suitable for: Key stage 2
Time period: Early 20th Century 1901-1918
Suggested inquiry questions: How can we find out about significant events in the past?
Potential activities: Follow the videos for the main activity. Create a map with labels and images. Create a model out of recycling. Design menus, tickets or postcards used by passengers.
Life aboard the Titanic
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