Titanic 100 Year Anniversary

Have you seen the Titanic movie, as in the new 3-D version?  What did you think?  My daughter saw it for the first time last week, and she loved it.  There are parts of the movie that portray, very well, the atmosphere of the day before this tragedy struck.  Even though some said it could not be sunk, we know that to not be true today.  What is fascinating about this historical event is that it occurred just before the start of World War I, an event that would change the role of America on the world stage forever.  In addition, there were many warnings and items of concern about the Titanic long before it made its maiden voyage.

Today, you will explore some of the interesting facts, "characters" and birth/disaster/aftermath of that fatal day in 1912.

As you work through each step and website, keep my Blogspot open on this tab.  Open each link in a new tab of Internet Explorer.

1. From this first site, you will explore the Birth, Disaster and then Aftermath of Titantic.  After going through each of these parts, scroll down the page a bit and click on some of the clips covering various topics:  http://www.history.com/interactives/titanic-interactive.
2. Would you like to walk in the feet of a passenger aboard the ship?  Go to this link and experience Titanic from various perspectives by simply clicking on a passenger:  http://www.discovery.com/guides/history/titanic/Titanic/titanic.html.
3. Through sonar imaging, startling photos are shared on this National Geographic website of the crash site:  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/titanic/titanic-interactive.
4. Considered an engineering marvel, explore this interactive for how the monster ship was built over 100 years ago:  http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/building-titanic-interactive-timeline/.
5. All aboard!  Want to be a First Class passenger on the Titanic?  Then join the maiden voyage here:  http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/adventure-on-the-titanic/.
6. This is cool!  You go deeper in the water as you scroll down... to get to Expedition Titanic!  http://www.rmstitanic.net/expedition/.
7. Scientific American provides the explorer with a moment-to-moment timeline of Titanic events.   Filled with details you may not hear about everyday, this is a great way to get the real facts:  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=titantic-timeline-1909-2012.
8. The granddaughter of a survivor speaks here:  http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2012/apr/11/christine-quinn-leonard-lopate/.