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Dare to Board: A Voyage You Wouldn't Want to Sail

Board the RMS Titanic and relive its final days sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.

Nicole Kuffo

Average rating:

4.8

Number of reviews:

(126)

What's included

1 live meeting

30 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

In this fun, engaging course, students will immerse themselves in the year 1912 on board the RMS Titanic. We will wander through the glorious ship and uncover some hidden secrets waiting to be discovered. Together, we will navigate through the sequence of events that led to Titanic's most historical end to its maiden voyage to America. Students will develop their own perspective of that unforgettable, cold night when the grand ocean liner sunk into the Atlantic Ocean. This will be portrayed by illustrating what they witness through a porthole window frame craft.

Learning Goals

Students will...
Expand their knowledge of the RMS Titanic.
Utilize their cognitive skills to build personal perspectives.
Incorporate their creative minds in presenting their personal perspectives through an art project.

Other Details

Parental Guidance

In this course, social classes will be lightly discussed. Passengers were in different parts of the ship based on their social class. When we discuss the tragic night of the Titanic sinking, it will be mentioned that unfortunately many lives were lost. Safety protocols were not as they are today and there were not enough lifeboats. Many people lost their lives due to being in the icy cold water for too long before more lifeboats were made available for rescue.

Supply List

Porthole Perspective Project:
One sheet of white copy paper or construction paper. May use black or dark blue for a night scene. 
One paper plate with the center of the plate cut out making an outer ring as our porthole window frame.
Please provide crayons, markers, and/or colored pencils. Also, please provide a glue bottle or glue stick to glue the plate frame to the paper when the craft is complete. A stapler will work fine as well.

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Nicole Kuffo

Joined June, 2020

4.8

126reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Hi! I have been teaching for 10 years. I started out as a museum educator at a whaling museum. There, I taught ages preschool to senior citizens on a wide variety of topics. My students and I have explored the history of whaling, nautical navigation, ocean sciences, dinosaur fossils, erupting volcanoes, and even made slime! We would discover new vocabulary and extraordinary facts through the use of real artifacts, experiments, games, and a craft. 

While teaching at the museum, I also received a Bachelor's Degree in Child Study enabling to teach general education and special education from birth to grade 6. In the classroom setting, I have taught preschool and grades 2-5. With my passion for science from being a museum educator, I was also a science teacher for one year for grades 2,3, and 4. Here at Outschool, I plan on diving into ocean sciences with you and exploring the dark depths of creatures you didn't even know existed!

When I became an Emergency Medical Technician for my local fire department, I received a Master's Degree in Health Education for Kindergarten to 12th grade. Fire rescue and emergency medical services is a fascinating world that I hope to teach you all about here at Outschool! We will investigate how firefighters conquer fires, discover different types of fire and medical rescues, and inspire you about how your local community helpers are heroes!

Lastly, I am excited to share with you how to effectively win an argument supporting either side of an ethical controversy. I have attended two regional ethic bowls and taught my own debate team to 6th-8th graders. You will experience new and different viewpoints on various topics and then utilize strategies to prove a particular ethical standpoint. 

Learning should be fun, engaging, interactive, and student centered. Building upon students' interests, needs, and curiosities fosters a love for learning. I hope to inspire and be inspired by others of the unlimited treasures waiting to be explored and shared. It all starts with you exploring those curiosities!

I live in the United States. Originally from New York, but I now live in Florida. I have two dogs, a Great Dane and Golden Retriever. I live minutes away from Walt Disney World and I completely obsessed with anything Disney. Lastly, I enjoy being creative with either painting or wood burning