What do we already know about the Titanic and what can we work out from a picture?
This lesson’s activities are designed to release any prior knowledge pupils might have about this well known story. By focusing on clear and detailed illustrations pupils quickly develop subject specific vocabulary and gain confidence to articulate their ideas in the enquiry.
Learning objectives
- To build on what children already know from stories, general knowledge, film, etc
- To release prior learning and stimulate new specialist vocabulary through discussion to develop the ability to recall key events and sequence them appropriately, developing suitable connectives.
Step 1
An interesting starting point is to show the front cover of a children’s information book about the Titanic (provided as slide 2 of the PowerPoint) which is partly obscured deliberately to encourage closer looking. Click on the box in the centre to reveal the full image. Can pupils work out what the topic might be about? Slide 3 reveals all. Now show pupils another image on slide 6 to release prior knowledge and to develop vocabulary. What can we see happening in this picture? Focus on words like rescue, lifeboat, liner, sinking.
Pupils do this by playing post-it
