Author: Tim Taylor
Theme: Titanic
Age Range: KS2
Main Curriculum Focus: History and English
Inquiry Question: “What might the Titanic disaster tell us about changes in attitudes towards life and people’s place in society and how these have changed since 1912?”
Expert Team: A team of marine archaeologists
Client(s): The British Museum
Commission: to explore the wreck, as sensitively as possible, and to find personal objects that can be used in an exhibition to tell the forgotten stories of those who were involved in the disaster.
Context: A team of marine archaeologists, with a long history of exploring and studying shipwrecks, are far out at sea, onboard their specially equipped research ship, two miles above the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
After an initial exploratory dive, using unmanned submersibles, the team make a final check of their equipment and discuss the operational parameters of their mission.
Under commission from the British Museum, the team’s objective is to explore the wreck, as sensitively as possible, and to find personal objects that can be used in an exhibition to tell the forgotten stories of those who were involved in the disaster.
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