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[Biography]
[The Titanic]
[Bibliography]
[Media]
[Lesson Plans]
[ERIC Resources]
Related page: Earth
Science
Biography
Keppler Associates
Speakers Bureau: Dr. Robert Ballard
Biography; information on obtaining his services as a
speaker
Robert D.
Ballard
Pictures of Ballard & The Titanic exploration.
The
JASON Project--Dr. Robert Ballard
Excellent biographical information
Interview
with Dr. Robert Ballard
From The Education Source (commercial)
Robert
Ballard
Biographical information on Ballard, as guest speaker
Ancient
Shipwreck Found -- July 31, 1997
From PBS. Interview with Dr. Robert Ballard
NOVA Online.
Ballard Interview
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The Titanic
Pages
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian: The Titanic
Information on the ship; bibliography
Posted Aboard R.
M. S. Titanic
Online exhibit from the Smithsonian
"When That
Great Ship Went Down"
Information on the record from Folkways
Ocean Planet: How Deep
Can they Go? - The RMS Titanic
Tremendous site from NASA. Includes large number of links as
well as historical information
NOVA Online/Titanic's Lost
Sister
From PBS. Resources, teacher's guide
Titanic
- Raising a Legend Online
From Discovery Online; virtual tour of the ship; expedition
field reports;
other information.
Encyclopedia
Titanica
Online biographies of passengers and crew
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Bibilography
Selected
Bibliography
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Media
Titanic Official movie
site
Titanic
Just about anything you want to know about the production of
the film: cast
and filmmakers biographies, about the
production and about the story.
National
Geographic Videos
Video: History's
Greatest Shipwrecks Collection, which includes Last Voyage of
the Lusitania, The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal, Search for
Battleship Bismarck,
Secrets of the Titanic. Video: Secrets
of the Titanic. Under History & Culture
R.M.S. Titanic
Survivors Describe Awful Scene 1912
Primary source material from Museum of the City of San
Francisco
The
Wreck of RMS Titanic
Explore the wreck of the Titanic and how to build a model
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Lesson Plans
The JASON
Project
Join Dr. Ballard on his expeditions.
R.
M. S. Titanic
Lots of information and lesson plans on the Titanic
here.
Titanic
in the Classroom
Lots of information; lesson plans. From Dept. of Education
and Training,
South Australia.
Midway@nationalgeographic.com
Great site you may want to look at. Not a lesson plan but
material on
Ballard's search for the lost ships of Midway Island from
WWII.
How Deep Can They Go?
The RMS Titanic
From NASA. Titanic links, other interesting curricular
information;
includes student sites
Encyclopedia
Titanica
Information on the ship and its passengers
Titanic Mock
Trial
Includes many facts about the Titanic.
Titanic
TeacherNet
Lesson plans, facts. Great site
The
Titanic
Unit on the Titanic. Teachers may be interested in the Ocean Voyagers Program
from St.
Norbert College
Multiage Thematic
Instruction
From Anita Henson's multi-age classroom. Intermediate
grades
The
Titanic and Poetry Writing Project
From Ray Saitz's site. Secondary level, by Jennifer Dickey
of Smiths
Station High School.
Education
World. The TITANIC
Teaching tips for all grade levels; activities & links
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ERIC Resources
The following are selected resources pertaining to Robert
Ballard
and "The Titanic" from
ERIC. If the links do
not work, please search AskERIC
directly.
Portraits
of Outstanding Explorers. Grades 4-8
By Doris Hunter Metcalf; ED406273
Ghosts
of the Past: Character Journals from the Titanic
By Jan LaBonty; Journal of Adolescent & Adult
Literacy
The
Voyage between Truth and Fiction: Stories of the "Titanic"
By Rebecca R. Sanchez; from English Journal
Raising
the "Titanic"
By Romona Baker; from Physics Teacher
Tut
and the "Titanic" and Finding History Beneath the Sea
By Gail Skroback Hennessey and Robert Ballard; in
Instructor
A
Flood of Tears: "Titanic" nd the Tearjerker Romance
By Kathleen M. Kelly; in Voice of Youth
Advocates
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