Research Project

What is it? You will choose a person involved with the Titanic from the list provided by your teacher. Steps for your research 1. You will gather information about your person by reading articles, online resources, and books. 2. You will take notes on important facts about your person and keep them in your folder. 3. You will organize your facts and sort them into like categories that will become your sections/subheadings of your expository essay. 4. You will create a thinking map and put your information into a thinking map. 5. You will write the draft of your expository essay. 6. You will revise and add transitional words, fix the any of the words in your essay. 7. You will edit your essay and check for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. 8. You will publish your essay. If time permits you will be able to type your report. When is it due? January 6, 2017 When is the Titanic Live Museum? The week of January 9th exact times and date TBD What materials do you need?  Writing folder  Internet access at home or school  Access to books  The Titanic articles given to you by your teacher  Supplies for your presentation at the Titanic Live Museum—this will vary depending on what you decide to do

What is a live museum? A living museum is a museum which recreates a historical event by using props, costumes, decorations, etc. in which the visitors will feel as though they are literally visiting that particular event or person(s) in history. You will recreate the person relating to the Titanic from your research. There are many different ways you can do this, listed below are some ideas but you are not limited to just these ideas. If you have an idea that you want to do that is not listed just ask for teacher approval.  Dress up as your person you are researching and have note cards telling about that person’s life and role on the Titanic  Dress up as your person and have a recording of your voice telling about that person’s life and role on the Titanic  Dress up as that person and reenact what your person went through as the ship was sinking What will you do during the Titanic Live Museum? You will have an area to set up and report the research that you learned about your person as visitors come through. Visitors could include parents, other students, teachers, and Hubenak staff. Can your parents or family members help you? YES! We definitely want your family involved in helping you with your museum presentation. However, your and research paper will have to be done at school and in class.

Who will you choose?

(If you want to research but is not on this list, just ask your teacher for approval.) People: Captain Smith Molly Brown Bruce Ismay Ruth Becker Duff Gordons The Classes of 1912 First Class Passenger Second Class Passenger Third Class Passenger The Different Crews Construction Lookouts The Band/Orchestra

Organizing your Research Below are the different categories you will research about your person. While you gather your information, you will put your information into these categories. This will all be stored in your writing folder as your pre-writing. This is what you will use to draft your essay.

Sub-Headings for Research 1. Life before the Titanic 2. Role/Reason on the Titanic 3. Life on the Titanic a) Rooms they stayed in on the Titanic b) Activities they participated in on the Titanic 4. What happened to them during the Titanic disaster 5. Life after the Titanic