Discover the RMS Titanic

Read the text carefully and look for the following information.

1.Highlight:

the placesin yellow
the datesin pink
the other numbersin blue

2.The places:

Where was theTitanicbuilt?
Where did it depart from?
What was its destination?

3.The dates:

When did it leave?
What happened on April 15th, 1912?

4.The numbers:

How many people were on the boat?
How many people died that night?

5. Read paragraph 1 again:

What are the adjectives used to describe the boat?
Why is theTitaniccalled "a cultural icon"?
How are the victims remembered today?

Can you make some calculations with the information you gathered?

1.How long did theTitanicjourney last?

2. Approximately, how many people survived?

3. Can you turn this number into a percentage?

Introducing the ship