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TITANIC WEBQUEST

INTRODUCTION
The ocean liner Titanic sunk in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean in April of 1912. This disaster was one of the worst maritime accidents of all time. Your job is to gather facts and information about Titanic, its passengers and crew.

You can find the QUESTIONS in the PROCESS point 2: complete the questions and click on background information worksheet. Answer only 8 questions each group

the tasK

• Complete the nautical terms worksheet.
  



• Complete the background information worksheet.
  



• Using the information you gathered, pretend you are a survivor of the Titanic disaster. Write a fictional story of what happened that night. What class of passenger you were. Detail your feelings during the evacuation, as you witnessed the sinking.

the procesS

1. Nautical vocabulary (list copied in class). Give the definitions with the help of a dictionary.
2. Complete the questions background information worksheet.

Use the following websites to complete the worksheet:
Brittanica Online Titanic Exhibit - use the Enter the Exhibit button to move through the exhibit and find the information.
RMS Titanic, Inc.


resources

http://titanic-model.com/shipterms.html

http://www.eltitanic.net/