Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Podcasts from Titanic's Ghosts
We've all seen the movies, documentaries, read the stories of survivors, but what do you think the passengers and crew that perished along with the ship would say? If ghosts really could talk, it wouldn't surprise me that some of these guys would create Podcasts about their journey and death on the Titanic. I think it could be a rather interesting series actually. Someone interviewing a passenger or crew member each week and asking what appealed to them about the Titanic, how they were treated those final hours once the ship struck an iceberg, what their last thought before their last breath was. It would be even more interesting to have students research those passengers and crew and put their own point of view on a ghost story. Oh, what you can do if you are a history teacher. I'd love to get the students involved in talking about the many interesting people on board the Titanic and through information gathering, deduct a final monologue for a passenger or crew member. Morbid, but highly interesting. Of course, I am a little more in to the Titanic than most people. My husband saw it in theater's 19 times when it was released as a film by James Cameron. His intrigue boarding on obsession has kind of wore off on me over the years. I decorate my classroom using a Titanic theme and I get much joy in calling my students crew and splitting them up for lifeboat activities.
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