ACTIVITY BOOK MEET SOME CHARACTERS AND PASSENGERS!

CAPTAIN EDWARD J. SMITH JOSEPH LAROCHE THE ONLY BLACK PASSENGER ONBOARD

WILLIAM MURDOCH, SAILOR KATE McGOWAN

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Why are they making this journey?

BUILDING AN UNSINKABLE SHIP

The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that set sail on her maiden voyage from , to New York City, United States in April of 1912. She was known as Queen of the Ocean and the largest most luxurious vessel of any kind ever constructed. Designers and engineers spent three years and millions of dollars to build a ship that offered the latest in speed, comfort and safety. She was known to be unsinkable, but in the early hours of , 1912 she struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

It’s your turn!

Design a boat that will float with the most mass without sinking! You will create a boat that will hold the most pennies. The challenge? You cannot use anything to build your boat other than the two sheets of aluminum foil.

MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED

Rolls of aluminum foil Pennies A sink or a large tub of water Tap water

INSTRUCTIONS

1. You will need two 15 cm x 15 cm sheets of aluminum foil. One sheet of fill is to test your design idea and the other sheet is for your final boat. 2. Brainstorm ideas for the design of your boat! Once your designs are made, construct your boat! 3. Test your boat! Place your boat in the tub of water and add your pennies until your boat begins to sink (but does not become submerged). Count the pennies as you add them to your boat. Write down your results! 4. Make more than one boat! Compare which boat could hold more pennies than the other.

Let’s Discuss!

Did the method in which the pennies were added to the boat such as being dropped or gently placed in the boat change how the boat could float? Which boat performed the best? Did how much surface area factor into which boat performed the best? How so?

Email pictures of your work to [email protected] to have a chance to be featured on Inside Rep Education Facebook page! COLOR IN! THE ROYAL MAIL The RMS Titanic stood for Royal Mail Steamship and was legally commissioned by the British monarchy and the government of the United States to transport mail. It is estimated six to nine million letters and packages were lost at sea when the ship sank.

Let’s Discuss!

You are your chosen character on board the Titanic.

What does it feel like? Who are you? What might you see, smell and hear? Include how you feel emotionally. What class of passenger are you? Discuss possible back stories for these characters. For example, how did they feel seeing the ship for the first time? Who are they with? Why are they making this journey? CHARACTER LIST Choose a character of the list. Record a day in the life of your chosen character as a letter from Captain Edward J. Smith a passenger aboard the Titanic, or a letter which , the designer someone might have been sending from Europe to J. Bruce Ismay, the owner the United States aboard the Titanic. After , the stoker handwriting the letter, design an envelope to , the radioman enclose the letter in. Kate McGowan Kate Mullins Email us a photo of your letter to Kate Murphey [email protected] to have a chance Jim Farrell to be featured on Inside Rep Education William Murdoch, the first officer Facebook page! , the second officer Robert Hitchens, quartermaster {Character Biography on the next page} Henry Etches, first-class steward , bandmaster IDEAS SECTION! , the lookout Edgar Bean Alice Bean Isidor Strauss Ida Strauss Charles Clarke Carole Neville Charlotte Cardoza John Jacob Astor Madame Aubert John B. Thayer Marion Thayer George Widener Eleanor Widener Edith corse Evans J.H. Rogers The Major

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First name: First Name:

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1.1. WhoWho are are they? they?

2.2. WhatWhat is is their their class? class?

3.3. WhoWho are are they they with? with?

4.4. WhereWhere did did they they come come from? from?

5.5. Where Where are are they they going? going?

Why are they making this journey? 6.6. WhyWhy are are they they making making this journey? this journey? BE YOUR OWN LYRICIST!

"The art of writing music cannot really be taught, but it can be learned – by writing." -Maury Yeston

Maury Yeston is the composer and lyricist of the musical Titanic, as well as an acclaimed musicologist and music theorist. He won his second Tony Award for Best Score for Broadway’s Titanic (which also won a total of five Tonys including Best Musical). Today’s challenge is to become the lyricist of your own musical number!

Identify or create your own passenger/crew member story you would like to write a song about and start to think about what that music will sound like to match the story you have chosen. Listen to Titanic while brainstorming a word bank that might convey the emotions your character might be feeling as they cross the Atlantic Ocean. Next, try writing a verse with lyrics that fit to the melody line of your favorite song with a similar structure and rhyme scheme. If you complete this quickly write another verse! Keep going and you might have a song!

Titanic The Musical is avalable on YouTube!

LYRIC SECTION!