LINCOLN GEOGRAPHIC

Explorer Titanic Tragedy

By Sofia, Katie, Joseph and Karim

1 Table of Contents

Introduction ...... 3 What was the Titanic? ...... 4 What was the trip like? ...... 5 Who Were The Important People On The Titanic? ...... 6 What happened to cause the crash? ...... 7 What happened after the Titanic got hit? ...... 8 Who died and who lived ? ...... 9 Fun Facts ...... 10 Conclusion ...... 11 Glossary ...... 12 References ...... 13

2 Introduction

Have you ever wanted to know the history about the titanic ? Well if you do , the titanic was a famous ship .

Some people called it "the unsinkable ship", It went out from London, England in 1912 and was going to New York until bang, crash, kaboom. If you want to learn more about the titanic and what happened explore this interactive magazine .

3 What was the Titanic?

The beautiful Titanic was made by Thomas

Andrews. Titanic was a huge ship that so many people said was unsinkable. It was the biggest ship back in

1900. This gigantic ship was carrying 2,200 people!

That takes 760 beds for everyone to sleep. Titanic was

1.5 miles long. That is 176 football fields. Titanic features a big first class dining saloon, elevators, and a swimming pool. Can you imagine they had all this in

1912? Below the ship had two engines, a turbine engine and four reciprocating engines. Lastly, it was ship that was driven by John Smith. Read on to find out what it was like to be on this beautiful ship.

4 What was the trip like? clean.The voyage was good running...until it Most people call the titanic a tragedy at sea but crashed . before it crashed it was a pretty nice ship.The first class got to go to fancy dinners. They got to do this because they had paid more money and the crew thought the rich people were more important. Also the rich people go access to the pools and gym. The second class got treated nicely as well. They also got access to the pool and the gym.They got to go to dinners too but they weren't as fancy as the ones first class got to go to . Third class got locked down stairs. In fact they did not want the third class to go up stairs because they thought third class was less important. There was 891crew members keeping the passengers happy. 73 worked people were on deck. The deck crew kept every thing running from the back of the boat to the front. There were 494 stewards. The stewards did room service. 325 brave strong men worked on the engine. People in the engine room kept the engine running by feeding oil to the engine and keeping it

5 Who Were The Important rights advocate who survived like many other girls and children (except for 3rd class). Bruce Ismay was a People On The Titanic? chairman of the White Star Line was also on the ship. Family's were pulled apart when children and He was the reason the titanic sunk. More than 1,500 woman got off the nightmare ship of death first. people died on the titanic. But most of the 700 or so Edward J. Smith, Thomas Andrews, William Steed, survivors were kids and woman with only 16 life boats. and Eva Heart plus many more were important people And some men who broke the rules on the night of the on the titanic. For example, Edward Smith was the crash. Read on to find out more. captain of the ship. This had been his currier for 25 years. Thomas Andrews was the designer of the titanic. In order to make the titanic fancy he only included 16 life boats! William Steed died so another person could live! He's like a super hero (he isn't really). The poor young 7 year old Eva Heart had to leave her father and stay with her mother when the titanic was slowly sinking. Her father's last words to her were "hold mommy's hand and always be a good girl" and from there she watched the titanic sink with her father on it. There were some even more interesting people like Jack Phillips who was the senior wireless operator on titanic ship. That was a big job., in fact he he couldn’t handle it because he was responsible for calling for help the night the ship sank and he failed. Also on board was Molly Brown American human

6 What happened to cause How it looks like to cause the crash? the crash watch this after please

The Titanic was speeding right throw the Atlantic

Ocean trying to make the world record of the fastest ship to go from London to New York. The captain was pressured by Bruce Ismay. He owned the white star line that owned Titanic. Bruce wanted to make a world record of the fastest ship because it would make him more money by having more people want to ride his ship. That night only one ninth of the ice burg was showing above water. The look out was too late to see the ice burg in the water. The captain turned sharply and reversed the engine but he was too late. The

Titanic hit and scratched the whole side of the

Titanic. Read on to see what happened after it got hit.

7 What happened after the Titanic got hit?

After the Titanic hit the iceberg, it left a 300 foot slash on the side of the ship. A lot of water filled the bottom of the ship. People started to wonder what was going on because the ship was tilting. People panicked and rushed to the lifeboats because they wanted to save themselves. Screams and shouts came from the deck. The weight of the water filled the bow of the ship, and eventually it slipped under water and tilted the ship till it was almost vertical. When the Titanic started disappearing from the surface it broke into two pieces. The Titanic took about three hours to sink.

8 Who died and who lived ? So why did only woman and children survive. You’re about to find out. As the titanic was sinking and they were waiting to contact nearby ships, they began to panic. They started to load people into the lifeboats. The command was, “Woman and children first!” Only when there was no woman or children around were men allowed on. But these were woman and children were from the first and second class only. Most of the 3rd class died. This happened because they locked the 3rd class down stairs. How mean is that! The lifeboats were filled with about 30 people, but were supposed to fit about 80. The crew was worried the pulleys would snap so they did not fill the boats. All the life boats together were suppose to hold 926 people in all but sadly, they didn't, only 705 people were saved. 1,502 people died that night Be thankful you were not on the titanic .

9 Fun Facts !

1. The Titanic dropped 2.5 miles to the ocean floor

2. There were 16 life boats on board

3. The people up as much space in the life boat

4. The ice burg carved a 300 foot hole foot hole in the

titanic

5. The titanic was 882 feet long

6. 765 people survived

The whole in the titanic

10 Conclusion

Lost of people said the Titanic was unsinkable but everyone was wrong. It hit the iceberg to cause the Titanic to sink. If you were on the Titanic you would of been sobbing like Eva heart. She had to leave her father. It sank because Bruce Ismay should have never pressured the captain John Smith. I think Bruce Ismay just wanted the

MONEY. Now you can know all you can know in this interactive magazine.

11 Glossary class - is the way passengers were split in by the money

reciprocating - an engine in which one or more pistons move up and down in cylinders

saloon-a pubic room used for specified purpose

voyage- a long journey involving travel by sea or in space

12 References Reference 1- Disasters by Brenda Guiberson Reference 2- Discover the Titanic by Eric Kentley Reference 3- Titanic Disaster at Sea by Martin Jenkins Reference 4- Explore the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard Reference 5- Titanic by Simon Adams Reference 6- 100 years later passenger list Reference 7- Titanic the Unsinkable Ship Reference 8- What Caused the Titanic to Crash Reference 9- History of the Titanic Reference 10- www.google.com/images Reference 11- www.youtube.com

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