Author: Robert D. Ballard
Discoverer of the Titanic
April 10th, 1912, the
Titanic sailed from
Southampton England
with 2,200 passengers
and crew. Four days later
the Titanic collided with
an iceberg and sank.
The Titanic departed Southampton in southern England at 12:15, April 10, 1912
and was due to arrive in New York City on April 15. Along the way, stops were
made in Cherbourg, France to collect continental passengers and Queenstown,
(now Cobh) Ireland to pick up mail and additional passengers, mostly immigrants
to the United States.
Newspaper Headline on Tuesday, April 16, 1912
Titanic’s Wreckage
The wreck of the Titanic is twelve thousand, five
hundred feet deep.
RMS Titanic, Inc., general counsel
Allan Carlin poses with a 20-ton
piece of the Titanic's hull that the
company recovered from the
shipwreck site.
Various paper currencies
recovered from the Titanic in an
August 2008 file photo.
flat markers that
are engraved
with words
plaques
Before we left the
Titanic we placed
two metal
plaques on its
decks.
Synonyms:
sign
tablet
wrecked or
ruined ship
shipwreck
I kept my eyes on the
screen. But I thought
about the people who
survived the shipwreck.
They told stories that
will never be forgotten.
Synonyms:
remains
ruins
people who
have stayed
alive
survivors
The survivors tried to
keep the boats
together by calling out
to one another in the
dark.
impossible
to sink
unsinkable
It seemed like a
floating palace.
Some people even
said the ship was
unsinkable.
a long journey
to a distant
land
voyage
For the first few
days of the
voyage the
weather was clear
and the ocean was
calm.
Synonyms:
expedition
trip
the remains of
something that
has been
destroyed
wreckage
Soon we saw pieces of
railing and other
wreckage. At last my
dream was about to
come true. The Titanic
must lie nearby.
Synonyms:
debris
rubble
shards
More Books About the Titanic
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
plaques
voyage
survivors
shipwreck
unsinkable
Draw! Draw! Draw!
wreckage
Free Association
Write as many words as you can think of that go with each
of the vocabulary words.
For example:
The word is school:
1. learning
2. Science
3. pencils
4. Reading
5. Math
6. teachers
7. P.E.
8. education
And on and on and on
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
survivors
shipwrecks
plaques
voyage
unsinkable
distress
Classifying
Place the following words in categories:
survivors
shipwreck
plaques
voyage
• Decide the names of the categories.
unsinkable
wreckage
• Determine how many categories.
• Determine which words go in which categories.
• After classifying the words, write a paragraph
explaining each of the categories and why certain words
go in a particular category.
Synonym Search
Match the vocabulary words on the left to the correct
synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more
than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plaques
shipwreck
voyage
wreckage
survivors
unsinkable
a. debris
f. trip
k. remains
p.
b. sign
g. Stays
afloat
l. rubble
q.
c. expedition
h. wreckage
m. tablet
r.
d. ruins
i. journey
n. shards
s.
e. Person who
is alive
j. travel
o.
t.
Can You Find the Context Clues?
1. Life jackets are suppose to be_______________.
2. The ____________ was discovered off the North Carolina coast.
3. After the earthquake, rescuers worked to dig out ____________.
4. At the front of the school there were _______ with the names of past students.
5. The trip from England to America was the maiden ________ of the Titanic.
6. The __________ from the crash was inspected by the detective.
shipwreck; unsinkable; voyage; survivors; plaques; wreckage
Word Association Game
1. Which word goes with 911? Why?
2. Which word goes with a sports banquet? Why?
3. Which word goes with buried treasure? Why?
4. Which word goes with a Disney Cruise Ship? Why?
5. Which word goes with tragedy? Why?
6. Which word goes with floating on a liquid? Why?
Some words
can be used
more than once.
Can you figure
out which ones?
Word Bank
Unsinkable
wreckage
survivors
plaques
shipwreck
voyage
1. Explain some causes of shipwrecks.
2. Plaques and monuments are similar because____________________
__________________________________________________________.
3. Explain why some objects sink and some are unsinkable.
4. Describe a perfect voyage.
5. Describe situations where there would be survivors.