The students will use previously learned knowledge to create a montage based on a specific aspect of the Titanic.

The students will communicate effectively with their fellow students in the discussion session.

Resources:

library access

copy machine

Materials:

library books

magazines

glue

scissors

construction paper

Time:

This lesson will take one hour of classroom time.

Procedures:

1.  Each student will choose an aspect about the Titanic based on previous lessons (i.e. A Night to Remember, Artifacts, The Simulation Ship, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Titanic, A Day in the Life on the Titanic, Heritage, etc.).

2.  Each student will have the opportunity to go the library to find different materials to use in their montage.

3.  Each student will cut out words and pictures from the various magazines and/or copies from library books to illustrate the specific aspect of the Titanic they have chosen.

4.  Each student will glue the items that they cut out onto a piece of construction paper.

5.  Each student will have to explain to the class the significance of their montage in reference to the aspect that they have chosen.

6.  The students will be given the opportunity to comment on the montages.

7.  Each of the students will hang their montages on the new bulletin board for display.

Assessment:

Each student must create a montage based on previous Titanic lessons. Criteria for success: Each student must have at least 10 different items pasted on his/her paper in respect to the aspect of the Titanic that they have chosen.

Each student must actively participate in the discussion session. Criteria for success: Each student must give a clear explanation of his/her montage and its significance as well as have the opportunity to speak to the class during the discussion session or listen intently. This will be evaluated on the participation rubric.

The students will receive feedback in the following ways:
 

The students will receive a +, +/-, or - on their montages depending on the number of items they have pasted on it.
 
+   = The montage includes 10 or more items.
+/-= The montage includes between 5-9 items.
-  = The montage includes less than 5 items.
 
The students will receive a score from their participation rubric.

Curricular Strands and Major Points:

Language Arts - communicating with the class about montages

Social Studies - evaluating the Titanic in a different perspective

Art - using this project as a creative outlet for their ideas based on the Titanic

Possible Extensions:

Have the students write in their journals about how this activity enhances how they think about the Titanic.

Have the students create a montage about their own heritage which is based on a previous lesson.

The Titanic - developed by Kelly Coleman, Nikki Cosgrove, Megan Mills, & Dorothy Weber

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