The Titanic
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RMS Titanic Who built the Titanic and where? Which company owned the Titanic? Where did the Titanic sail from? When did the Titanic sail? Where was the Titanic sailing to? Who was Captain of the Titanic? Why did the Titanic sink and when?
How many people died? How many people survived? What was the name of the ship that helped to rescue survivors?
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Clues Across 1. The name of the woman who rowed a lifeboat for six hours. 5. Name of the book that ‘predicted’ the Titanic disaster. 6. Name of the managing director of the White Star Line. 8. Name of the ship that rescued the survivors. 10. Number of iceberg warnings ignored by the Captain. 11. What the Titanic hit. Clues Down 2. There were not enough of these to rescue all the passengers. 3. Number of watertight compartments on the Titanic. 4. These were made of sub-standard iron. 7. Surname of Titanic’s Captain. 9. Titanic was known as the ship of __________
The Titanic – Timeline Activity Cut out and place the events in correct chronological order. Stick them in your book.
April 15:12:00 a.m.: The captain is told the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours. He gives order to call for help over the radio. 1908-1909 Construction of the Titanic begins in Belfast, Ireland.
April 15 12:25 a.m.: Lifeboats are now loading with women and children first. The Carpathia, southeast of the Titanic by about 58 miles, picks up the distress call and immediately heads full speed to the rescue.
April 19 to May 25: Several ships are sent to the disaster site to recover bodies. A total of 328 bodies are found floating in the area. 1911 The hull of Titanic is successfully launched
April 14 11:50 p.m.: Water has poured in and risen 14 feet in the front part of the ship. April 15 2:05 a.m.: The last lifeboat leaves. There are now over 1,500 people left on the ship. The tilt of Titanic's deck grows steeper and steeper.
1912 January: Sixteen wooden lifeboats are fitted on board the Titanic
April 15 4:10 a.m.: The first lifeboat is picked up by the Carpathia.
April 10, 1912 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Passengers arrive in Southampton and board ship. April 14: 11:40 p.m.: The lookouts see an iceberg dead ahead. The iceberg strikes the Titanic on the starboard (right) side of her bow. April 15, 12:45 a.m.: The first lifeboat is safely lowered away. It can carry 65 people, but only leaves with 28. The first distress rocket if fired. Eight rockets are fired the whole night. April 15 12:05 a.m.: Orders are given to uncover the lifeboats and to get passengers and crew ready on deck. There is only room for half of the estimated 2,227 on board in the lifeboats. April 10, 1912 Noon: The Titanic casts off and begins her maiden voyage.
April 12 and 13 1912: The Titanic sails through calm waters.
April 15 2:20 a.m.: The Titanic's broken off stern settles back into the water, becoming more level for a few moments. Slowly it fills with water and again tilts its end high into the air before sinking into the sea. People in the water slowly freeze to death.
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April 15 8:50 a.m.: The Carpathia leaves the area bound for New York. She carries 705 survivors
April 18: 9:00 p.m.: The Carpathia arrives in New York.
The Titanic The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April l0th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 46,000-ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen water- tight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice, which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen water- tight compartments had already been flooded! The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost. A. Read the passage again and then answer the questions that following: 1. Where was the Titanic sailing? ____________________________________________________________________ 2. What was seen by a lookout? ____________________________________________________________________ 3. When did the ship turn sharply? ____________________________________________________________________ 4. Did it sail alongside the iceberg, or did it collide with it?
____________________________________________________________________ 5. What was heard from below? ____________________________________________________________________ 6. What did the captain do? ____________________________________________________________________ 7. What did he find? ____________________________________________________________________ 8. When did everyone jump overboard? ____________________________________________________________________ 9. Why were 1500 people drowned? ___________________________________________________________ B. Vocabulary Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage:
colossal: flooded: regarded: float: compartments: avoid: lifeboat: iceberg: passengers: depart: luxury:
TITANIC 1. What does the picture represent ? What happened to this ship ? When ? Why ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Identify these people (name/job/type of passenger/survivor or not?) Which are fictional (=did not exist)? Make sentences!
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4. April 1912. You are Elizabeth Dowdell. Write a letter to a friend to tell him about your sailing on the Titanic (job, activity when the Titanic collided with the iceberg, reactions, feelings, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________
FIRST read the story
IN PAIRS:
ONE NIGHT in April 1912, a huge new ocean liner was crossing the Atlantic. She was carrying 2,000 passengers. She was also going very fast, which was dangerous because there were icebergs around. The passengers were all having a good time when the ship suddenly struck one of these icebergs.
Find questions and answers. You are
The ship began to sink and the passengers tried to escape, but there were not enough lifeboats. Another ship was passing nearby. The Titanic fired rockets into the air in order to get the other ship’s
interviewing a writer who has written a book about the Titanic disaster. You want to know: what sort of ship the Titanic was how many passengers she was carrying what caused the disaster what the passengers were doing when the ship struck the iceberg what they all tried to do if there were enough lifeboats if any other ships were passing what the Titanic did to get help if the other ship helped if it could have helped how many passengers went down with the Titanic
Example : ……….when the disaster happened When did the disaster happen?
KEY What sort of ship was the Titanic? How many passengers was she carrying? What caused the disaster? What were the passengers doing when the ship struck the iceberg? What did they all try to do? Were there enough lifeboats? Were any other ships passing? What did the Titanic do to get help? Did the other ship help? Could it have helped? How many passengers went down with the Titanic?
RMS Titanic Who built the Titanic and where? Which company owned the Titanic? Where did the Titanic sail from? When did the Titanic sail? Where was the Titanic sailing to? Who was Captain of the Titanic? Why did the Titanic sink and when?
How many people died? How many people survived? What was the name of the ship that helped to rescue survivors?
More info >>>
Titanic Crossword 1
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Clues Across 1. The name of the woman who rowed a lifeboat for six hours. 5. Name of the book that ‘predicted’ the Titanic disaster. 6. Name of the managing director of the White Star Line. 8. Name of the ship that rescued the survivors. 10. Number of iceberg warnings ignored by the Captain. 11. What the Titanic hit. Clues Down 2. There were not enough of these to rescue all the passengers. 3. Number of watertight compartments on the Titanic. 4. These were made of sub-standard iron. 7. Surname of Titanic’s Captain. 9. Titanic was known as the ship of __________
The Titanic – Timeline Activity Cut out and place the events in correct chronological order. Stick them in your book.
April 15:12:00 a.m.: The captain is told the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours. He gives order to call for help over the radio. 1908-1909 Construction of the Titanic begins in Belfast, Ireland.
April 15 12:25 a.m.: Lifeboats are now loading with women and children first. The Carpathia, southeast of the Titanic by about 58 miles, picks up the distress call and immediately heads full speed to the rescue.
April 19 to May 25: Several ships are sent to the disaster site to recover bodies. A total of 328 bodies are found floating in the area. 1911 The hull of Titanic is successfully launched
April 14 11:50 p.m.: Water has poured in and risen 14 feet in the front part of the ship. April 15 2:05 a.m.: The last lifeboat leaves. There are now over 1,500 people left on the ship. The tilt of Titanic's deck grows steeper and steeper.
1912 January: Sixteen wooden lifeboats are fitted on board the Titanic
April 15 4:10 a.m.: The first lifeboat is picked up by the Carpathia.
April 10, 1912 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Passengers arrive in Southampton and board ship. April 14: 11:40 p.m.: The lookouts see an iceberg dead ahead. The iceberg strikes the Titanic on the starboard (right) side of her bow. April 15, 12:45 a.m.: The first lifeboat is safely lowered away. It can carry 65 people, but only leaves with 28. The first distress rocket if fired. Eight rockets are fired the whole night. April 15 12:05 a.m.: Orders are given to uncover the lifeboats and to get passengers and crew ready on deck. There is only room for half of the estimated 2,227 on board in the lifeboats. April 10, 1912 Noon: The Titanic casts off and begins her maiden voyage.
April 12 and 13 1912: The Titanic sails through calm waters.
April 15 2:20 a.m.: The Titanic's broken off stern settles back into the water, becoming more level for a few moments. Slowly it fills with water and again tilts its end high into the air before sinking into the sea. People in the water slowly freeze to death.
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April 15 8:50 a.m.: The Carpathia leaves the area bound for New York. She carries 705 survivors
April 18: 9:00 p.m.: The Carpathia arrives in New York.
The Titanic The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April l0th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 46,000-ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen water- tight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice, which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen water- tight compartments had already been flooded! The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost. A. Read the passage again and then answer the questions that following: 1. Where was the Titanic sailing? ____________________________________________________________________ 2. What was seen by a lookout? ____________________________________________________________________ 3. When did the ship turn sharply? ____________________________________________________________________ 4. Did it sail alongside the iceberg, or did it collide with it?
____________________________________________________________________ 5. What was heard from below? ____________________________________________________________________ 6. What did the captain do? ____________________________________________________________________ 7. What did he find? ____________________________________________________________________ 8. When did everyone jump overboard? ____________________________________________________________________ 9. Why were 1500 people drowned? ___________________________________________________________ B. Vocabulary Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage:
colossal: flooded: regarded: float: compartments: avoid: lifeboat: iceberg: passengers: depart: luxury:
TITANIC 1. What does the picture represent ? What happened to this ship ? When ? Why ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Identify these people (name/job/type of passenger/survivor or not?) Which are fictional (=did not exist)? Make sentences!
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What were these passengers doing when the Titanic hit the iceberg?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________
4. April 1912. You are Elizabeth Dowdell. Write a letter to a friend to tell him about your sailing on the Titanic (job, activity when the Titanic collided with the iceberg, reactions, feelings, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________
FIRST read the story
IN PAIRS:
ONE NIGHT in April 1912, a huge new ocean liner was crossing the Atlantic. She was carrying 2,000 passengers. She was also going very fast, which was dangerous because there were icebergs around. The passengers were all having a good time when the ship suddenly struck one of these icebergs.
Find questions and answers. You are
The ship began to sink and the passengers tried to escape, but there were not enough lifeboats. Another ship was passing nearby. The Titanic fired rockets into the air in order to get the other ship’s
interviewing a writer who has written a book about the Titanic disaster. You want to know: what sort of ship the Titanic was how many passengers she was carrying what caused the disaster what the passengers were doing when the ship struck the iceberg what they all tried to do if there were enough lifeboats if any other ships were passing what the Titanic did to get help if the other ship helped if it could have helped how many passengers went down with the Titanic
Example : ……….when the disaster happened When did the disaster happen?
KEY What sort of ship was the Titanic? How many passengers was she carrying? What caused the disaster? What were the passengers doing when the ship struck the iceberg? What did they all try to do? Were there enough lifeboats? Were any other ships passing? What did the Titanic do to get help? Did the other ship help? Could it have helped? How many passengers went down with the Titanic?
