Titanic

**The Titanic: 100 Years later**
Within your groups, you must complete each section of the assignment. __**The "SAFETY" section must be completed individually.**__ __**Check out this link for helpful info: PBS: Remembering the Titanic 100 Years Later**__
 * April 10, 2012**
 * Project:**
 * Project due date: April 18th 7GR / April 19th 7MR & 7GM (This is due to weekly schedule. Each class will be given an equal # of classes to work on this.)**

1. **"Back to the Future"-** in a group presentation, you must demonstrate how you would go back in history and stop the Titanic disaster from happening. This assignment must be based on __**facts**__ and research. You must properly cite ALL of your resources in this section.

2. Your group will create a board game. That means you may use "SMART notebook" games or create a game of your own design.

3. Text-message conversation- your group will re-create the Titanic timeline via text message. Please ensure that you use actual facts and refer to actual findings and circumstances. Appropriate text-message language must be used.

4. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL TASK- each group member must create a safety plan to be used at home. For example, this could be designed to help your family work together in case of a fire alarm.

Your first task is to go on a fact-finding mission to increase your knowldege of the Titanic tragedy.


 * 1) When and where did the Titanic set sail?
 * 2) What novel, released in 1898, "predicted" the Titanic disaster? How did it predict the disaster? What is the new name of the novel?
 * 3) How many passengers were on board the Titanic when it sank?
 * 4) How far beneath the sea was the ship when it was found in 1985? Interesting!
 * 5) You must find and bookmark (5) websites that will help you and your classmates with our study of the Titanic. Please create a folder in your "Favourites" and label it Titanic.
 * 6) Current Events- you must find (2) newspaper aticles from 2012 that discuss the Titanic in some form. Each current event should contain (2) paragraphs. The first will recap the article. The second paragraph is where you share your thoughts and opinions on the article. Please follow the "Current Events" format that we utilize on this wikispace.