Sinking of the Titanic

Grade 345 min

Learning Objective

I can identify the changes in laws and regulations made after the Titanic sank

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

New Titanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship's final hours | BBC News

Unknown Channel

Practice

14 min

7 questions β€’ Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

β€œThe video describes how the Titanic was designed with watertight compartments. If you were in charge of making ships safer, what is one rule you would make about these compartments, based on what you learned from the video? The video mentions that engineers worked to keep the lights on as the Titanic sank. If you were creating new safety rules for ships, what is one rule you would make about backup power systems, based on what you learned from the video? The video describes how the Titanic sank because water flooded into multiple compartments. If you were writing new safety rules for ships, what is one rule you would make to prevent water from spreading quickly between compartments, based on what you learned from the video?”

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