This class is taught in English.

Reading comprehensions, organization, introduction to the history of the Titanic, team building, problem solving, deduction and logic  

I have a B.A. in History and an M.A. in World History, as well as an M.A. in Globalization Studies. I have always had a passion for research and World History, and feel that this course will provide a fun introduction into that world using a CSI themed approach to history! I worked as a teaching assistant for two years during my M.A. in early American history and Peace Studies. My research thesis involved tourism and leisure in early modern Europe, and the ways in which traveling influenced political and social changes. The course will use some primary sources to engage students into the world of the Titanic! However, no previous reading is required for this experience! 

This historical fiction focuses on true events, but with fictionalized elements and characters inspired by the following sources:

Titanic Inquiry Project : https://www.titanicinquiry.org/
Contains the American and British inquiries into the disaster .

The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility : https://archive.org/details/wrecktitanorfut01robegoog/page/n9
Morgan Robertson's 1898 novella "Futility, or The Wreck of the Titan", written fourteen years before the Titanic sank, tells the story of of a grand "unsinkable" ocean liner -- the largest in the world -- that on a cold April night on a voyage across the North Atlantic strikes an iceberg and sinks. Most of the passengers, many of them rich and famous, perished because there were not enough lifeboats. This fictional ship's description (800 feet long, 70,000 tons, top speed of 25 knots) is remarkably similar to the real Titanic (882 feet long, 66,000 tons, top speed 24 knots). The most chilling feature of Robertson's book, however, is the name he gave his fictional ship -- the Titan.

From the Old World to the New: https://archive.org/details/FromTheOldWorldToTheNewOrAChristmasStoryOfTheChicagoExhibition/page/n27
Another eerie coincidence can be found in W. T. Stead's story, "From the Old World to the New," which was published as the Christmas edition of the Review of Reviews for 1892. In the story a White Star Line vessel, The Majestic, rescues the passengers of another ship after a collision with an iceberg. 20 years later, Stead himself would go down with the Titanic.

Encyclopedia Titanica: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
This site contains a wide variety of materials on the subject. Access to the site is free but advertiser-supported; for a fee, researchers can access special features and use the site without viewing advertisements and pop-up windows.

Titanic Disaster Newspaper Archive : http://www.paperlessarchives.com/titanic_newspaper_archive.html
Grants access to thousands of original newspaper articles, including stories on the building of the Titanic, its launch and eventual sinking, as well as complete coverage of its discovery.

National Geographic Remembering the Titanic : https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/titanic/
A collection of multimedia education resources to contextualize the event for students.