The Titanic Text Set B
Articles/Videos/Interactive Text:
Titanic: Captain Went Down with the Ship http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/titanic_captain.htm
Titanic: Passengers Famously Separated by Class http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/titanic_passengers.htm
Would You Have Survived The Titanic? https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/would-you-have- survived-the-titanic/
Titanic Survivors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n4Cf2OSnBI
Remembering the Titanic http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/a-titanic- anniversary/#TitanicInterior1.jpg
Titanic Facts for Kids: 8 Hidden Facts about Titanic http://factsforkids.net/titanic-facts-kids-8-hidden-facts-titanic/
“Remembering the Titanic” by Natalie Smith http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757130
“Time Machine (1912): Wreck of the White Star liner Titanic” by Scientific American https://newsela.com/articles/historic-news-titanic/id/15659/
A Titanic Treasure by Jennifer Marino Walters http://sni.scholastic.com/news/2013/11/A-Titanic-Treasure
How Did the “Unsinkable” Titanic Sink? http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-did-the-unsinkable-titanic-sink
“100 Years After Titanic Sinking, a LEGO Replica Sails On” by DNews https://www.seeker.com/100-years-after-titanic-sinking-a-lego-replica- sails-on-1765739780.html
May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2017 by Lucy Calkins and Colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project from Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grades 6-8 (Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH).
Finding the Titanic: How did science help explorers find the Titanic? http://www.planet-science.com/categories/over-11s/technology/2012/04/finding-the- titanic.aspx
“Titanic Captain Edward John Smith: Facts and Information” by James http://primaryfacts.com/1303/titanic-captain-edward-john-smith-facts- and-information/
The Titanic - 100 Years Later http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/the-titanic.php
Titanic: Still Capturing the Popular Imagination http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/titanic_culture.htm
Titanic: Ship Historic Before It Sailed http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/titanic_ship.htm
Titanic: Rediscovered, Still Holding Secrets http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/titanic_discovery.htm
“The North faces a Titanic challenge as melting ice lures more luxury liners” by Suzanne Goldenberg https://newsela.com/articles/arctic-cruise/id/16233/
Titanic photographs http://nmni.com/titanic/Home/Photo-Galleries/Titanic.aspx
Telegram received by the Russian liner Birma (MT 9/920c) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/life-aboard-titanic/source-5/
“Primary Sources: The Titanic, the Wireless Operator’s Story” by The New York Times https://newsela.com/articles/primary-source-titanic-telegraph/id/24902/
“Kids were onboard the Titanic, too” by Marylou Tousignant https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/kids-were-onboard-the-titanic- too/2012/04/12/gIQANwAhFT_story.html?utm_term=.2d295bcf24ef
Titanic’s Cargo and Food Supply Manifest http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/MGY_Cargo.htm
May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2017 by Lucy Calkins and Colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project from Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grades 6-8 (Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH).
Iceberg https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/iceberg/
Titanic Deckplans: Profile https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-deckplans/profile.html
Survivors of the Titanic http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/titanic/index.shtml
What Really Happened to the Titanic? by Jennifer Marino Walters http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757159
Trade Books:
Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborn (Random House)
The Titanic: Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly (Random House)
Titanic by Melissa Stewart (National Geographic)
Remembering the Titanic by Frieda Wishinsky (Scholastic)
Finding the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard (Scholastic)
Titanic: The Disaster that Shocked the World! by Mark Dubowski (DK Publishing)
You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Titanic! by David Stewart (Scholastic)
Titanic: The Story Lives On! by Laura Driscoll (Penguin)
*Access to even a small number of trade books on the topic will dramatically increase students’ reading volume during Bends II and III.
May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2017 by Lucy Calkins and Colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project from Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grades 6-8 (Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH).