1. (a) Pick three pieces of information you find interesting and rephrase the information into a question. For example:
The Titanic took two years to build: true or false? How many boilers did the Titanic have?
Try to come up with three different types of questions. For example, questions that require answers in the form of:
true/false a number a sentence.
(b) Divide into groups. Each member of the group should take a turn posing their three questions to the rest of the group.
Explore
1. What is the most shocking piece of information that you discovered from the infographic? Explain why you found this information shocking.
2. Find a piece of information or statistic that supports any of the eyewitness accounts on pages 390–391 and explain how the information backs up their account.
Create
1. Using the information in the infographic, write a report about the Titanic, from its creation to its destruction.
2. Write a news article for the local paper issued the day after the tragedy.
