Description

Bring the remarkable story of RMS Titanic to life with this comprehensive Titanic KS2 Teaching Bundle, combining our detailed 130-slide Titanic PowerPoint with a 63-page Titanic History Workbook.

Together, these resources provide a complete ready-to-use teaching package for exploring one of the most famous events of the early 20th century.

Beginning in Belfast, pupils discover how Titanic was designed and constructed at the famous Harland & Wolff shipyard before exploring the enormous ocean liner, the people who worked aboard her and the passengers travelling in First, Second and Third Class.

Follow Titanic’s maiden voyage from Southampton to Cherbourg and Queenstown (Cobh) and then across the North Atlantic towards New York.

Pupils investigate the ice warnings received on 14 April 1912, the conditions on the night of the disaster, the iceberg collision, flooding of Titanic’s compartments, the evacuation and lifeboats, wireless distress messages and the rescue of survivors by RMS Carpathia.

The resources then move beyond the sinking itself to explore the investigations into the disaster, contributing causes, changes to safety at sea, the International Ice Patrol, SOLAS and the discovery of Titanic’s wreck in 1985.

Rather than presenting the disaster as having one simple cause, pupils are encouraged to examine evidence, consider different contributing factors and develop their own historically reasoned conclusions.

The Bundle Includes

Titanic KS2 PowerPoint – 130 Slides

A comprehensive classroom presentation taking pupils through the complete story of RMS Titanic.

Topics include:

• The age of ocean travel
• Transatlantic passenger ships
• White Star Line
• Belfast and Harland & Wolff
• Designing and building Titanic
• Titanic’s construction
• Launch and fitting out
• Sea trials
• Preparing for the maiden voyage
• First, Second and Third Class
• Titanic’s passengers
• Titanic’s crew
• Life aboard the ship
• The maiden voyage
• Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown/Cobh
• Crossing the Atlantic
• Ice warnings
• The night of 14 April 1912
• The iceberg collision
• Damage to Titanic
• Watertight compartments
• Lifeboats and evacuation
• Wireless distress calls
• Jack Phillips and Harold Bride
• RMS Carpathia
• Captain Arthur Rostron
• The sinking
• Rescue of survivors
• News of the disaster
• Arrival in New York
• Survival and loss
• Investigations
• Contributing causes
• Changes to maritime safety
• International Ice Patrol
• SOLAS
• Searching for Titanic
• Discovery of the wreck in 1985
• Titanic’s legacy
• Remembering the people aboard

The presentation also includes regular Think About It opportunities to encourage discussion, reasoning and historical enquiry.

Titanic KS2 Workbook – 63 Pages

The accompanying workbook allows pupils to apply and extend their learning through a wide range of classroom activities.

Activities include:

• Titanic Fact File
• Belfast reading comprehension
• Building Titanic sequencing
• Titanic labelling
• Titanic by Numbers
• Maiden voyage mapping
• First, Second or Third Class?
• Titanic crew activities
• Who Was Who?
• Life Aboard Titanic writing
• Ice Warnings investigation
• The Night of 14 April comprehension
• Disaster sequencing
• Why Did Titanic Sink?
• Cause and consequence
• The Lifeboat Problem
• Women and Children First
• SOS – Calling for Help
• Morse Code Challenge
• Carpathia to the Rescue
• Survival data and graph work
• Newspaper report writing
• Fact, Opinion or Inference?
• Diary writing
• Investigating Titanic
• Who or What Was Responsible?
• Maritime safety
• Finding Titanic comprehension
• Titanic vocabulary
• True or False?
• Titanic Quiz
• Titanic A–Z
• Extended writing
• Independent research
• Remembrance and reflection
• Titanic History Detective
• Historical source-analysis skills
• Teacher answers and guidance

Teachers can work through the PowerPoint and workbook together as an extended Titanic unit or select individual sections and worksheets to suit their own planning.

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Suitable For

• KS2 History
• Years 3–6
• Ages approximately 7–11
• Titanic topics
• RMS Titanic lessons
• Belfast and local history
• Significant historical events
• Ships and transport topics
• Historical enquiry
• Chronology
• Cause and consequence
• Evidence and source analysis
• Reading comprehension
• English and extended writing
• Geography and mapping
• Maths and data handling
• Cross-curricular topic work
• Independent learning
• Homework
• Home education
• International primary classrooms

Suitable for schools in the UK and Ireland as well as international classrooms including the USA, Canada and Australia.

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Why Teachers Love This Resource

• 130-slide PowerPoint + 63-page workbook
• A complete ready-to-use Titanic teaching package
• Nearly 200 slides/pages of teaching and pupil material
• Strong Belfast and Harland & Wolff coverage
• Follows Titanic’s story chronologically
• Combines History, English, Geography and Maths
• Develops reading comprehension
• Includes historical enquiry and source-analysis skills
• Explores cause and consequence
• Avoids an oversimplified single-cause explanation of the disaster
• Includes creative and extended writing
• Includes mapping and data handling
• Encourages discussion and critical thinking
• Covers Titanic’s legacy and changes to maritime safety
• Includes the 1985 discovery of the wreck
• Treats the human tragedy sensitively
• Includes quizzes and assessment opportunities
• Teacher answers and guidance included
• Ideal for several lessons or an extended Titanic topic
• Saves money compared with purchasing both resources separately

PowerPoint: Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) Fully Editable

Workbook: Microsoft Word (.docx) and PDF (.pdf)

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