Titanic-Activity-Pack.pdf..................

An activity pack for the Titanic aimed at KS2 and KS3

1. Titanic Activity
Pack

2. Timeline
Put these 10 events in chronological order.
Order Date/Time Event
02 April 1912 At 8.00pm, Titanic sets sail from Belfast for Southampton, with an estimated crowd of 100,000
watching as the ship sailed, cheering, waving handkerchiefs and singing “Rule Britannia!”
29 July 1908 Design plans for the Titanic and her sister ship Olympic are agreed in principle.
13th April 1912The Titanic sails through calm waters.
1869 Belfast shipbuilders Harland & Wolff commence construction of ships for White Star Line.
15th April 1912
12.05am
The order was given to uncover the lifeboats and to get passengers and crew ready on deck.
31 March 1912 Construction of the Titanic is completed.
14th April 1912
11.40pm
Lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg dead ahead. The iceberg struck the Titanic on the
starboard (right) side of her bow.
31 May 1911 Witnessed by over 100,000 spectators, Titanic’s hull is successfully launched before being towed to the
fitting-out basin
15th April 1912
2.17am
The last radio message was sent. The captain announced ‘Every man for himself’
10 April 1912 At 12 noon, Titanic sets sail from Southampton for New York.

3. Titanic’s Journey
Draw and label Titanic’s
maiden voyage.

4. Drawing Skills
Look at this picture of
Titanic and create a black
and white drawing of it!
Remember
the steam
Don’t
forget the
windows
Show
movement
in the
water

5. Grand Staircase Story writing time!
Could be a horror story about
the ghost of the staircase!
Could be a love story about
two characters meeting at the
top!
Could be a comedy about
somebody falling down the
stairs!
Could be a fantasy story about
a magical staircase!

6. Diary Entry
Write 3 diary entries from
the perspective of one of
the characters below.
Before the
crash...
During the
chaos...
Having
survived...

7. Newspaper Title
Look at these newspaper
titles and discuss their
impact on the reader.

8. Who should be saved first?
Debating Skills
You have been put in charge of the
lifeboats. You need to decide who should
go in the first boats to leave the sinking
ship. Who are you choosing? Explain your
reasoning. Convince the rest of the class
that your decision is the best.

9. Research Skills!
Develop your research tools
by finding more information
about Robert Ballard, the
man behind the discovery of
the Titanic ship buried at the
bottom of the ocean.

10. The Ship of Dreams
Watch the clip of the
passengers arriving at the
ship. Create a news report
about what is happening as if
you are there at the scene.
You could write a news
report with a detailed
picture or record a live
broadcast.
https://video.link/w/H3Knb

11. Lights, Camera, Action!
Using iMovie, Clips or
Green Screen develop
your directing skills and
re-create the sinking of
the Titanic. You can
create fictional
characters and a back
story. Focus on using
facial expressions and
body language to convey
your emotions. Be
creative and dramatic!

12. Artefacts
Discuss each artefact discovered. Who
do you think it belonged to? Describe it.
Give each item a back story!

13. Description, description, description!
Watch the video and
imagine that you are
walking through the ship.
Write down what you can
see, hear, touch and smell.
Focus on using amazing
adjectives!
https://video.link/w/M1Knb

14. Who is Responsible?
Conduct some research to discover how this tragedy happened. Find out
about who should be held responsible and explain your reasoning.
Captain Smith The Shipbuilder Bruce Ismay
Thomas Andrews Captain Lord
https://www.historyonthen
et.com/the-titanic-why-did-
the-titanic-sink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hist
ory/british/britain_wwone
/titanic_01.shtml
Your
Suspects

15. Design a Menu
Check out some of the menus from the Titanic
below. Imagine you are hosting a dinner party. Design
a menu for your group. You have to choose which
class they should be: First, Second or Third and your
menu should reflect your choice.
Menu samples taken from lovefood.com

16. Facts and Statistics
After reading the information on the websites below make a list of the ten
most interesting statistics you find about the Titanic:
https://www.ultimatetitanic.com/facts-statistics
https://britishheritage.com/history/rms-titanic-numbers-facts-figures-belfast
Watch the video on the right which
gives you some statistics about the
number of passengers that perished.
Discuss the percentages that you
are given about men, women and
children. Is this fair? How could
more have been saved? Why did so
many children not make it?
https://video.link/w/AfUnb