What do these pictures remind you of?
How do they make you feel?
On the night of April 14th, 1912, the Titanic was sailing from Southampton to New York on her maiden voyage. She was the world’s largest and most luxurious steamship of that time.
Suddenly, in the thick fog, the Titanic hit on an iceberg and water began to pour in. Panic and terror followed. Unfortunately, on the ‘unsinkable’ ship there were not
enough lifeboats for all passengers. When a rescue boat arrived in the morning, only 780 of the 2200 passengers were still alive. It was one of the greatest disasters at sea, a real shock to the whole world.
Seventy-three years later, in September 1985, scientists sent a robot, “Jason Jr”, down to 3950 feet to find the Titanic in her grave. The video images were fascinating. All around the ship there were reminders of the life on the Titanic on her last voyage: a bottle of champagne that the passengers never drank; a ceramic head of a doll that a little girl did not have time to take with her; a silver serving bowl from a first class table; a metal bench from the ship’s deck. The passengers on the Titanic were having a good time before disaster came on that terrible night in the Atlantic ocean.
The last survivor of the Titanic disaster was a lady named Millvina Dean. She was the youngest passenger on board, as she then a baby of only nine weeks old. She died on
21 May 2009, aged 97.
The story of the sinking has been made into several movies. The most polpular film version is a 1997 film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio called Titanic. It won 11 Academy Awards. Other movie versions of the story include the 1958 film A Night to Remember, the 1953 film Titanic, and the 1980 film Raise the Titanic.
Use the information above and work on the following worksheet:
The story of the Titanic has inspired several films. The most popular was a 1997 film, called Titanic. Watch the trailer of the film and do the following activities:
