Titanic

This lesson investigates why the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic sank in April 1912. It looks at a number of mistakes that were made and asks students to discuss and evaluate which was the most important cause of the sinking.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, reading comprehension task, , a consolidation explain written question and a plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

This lesson can be used as a part of a growing bundle on ‘Disasters’, which includes the Aberfan Disaster, Chernobyl and Medieval Disasters, available here:
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