Have you heard about the brand new Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee? I can’t wait to go check it out! There’s actually one in Branson, Missouri too, but I have a friend from high school that is moving to the Pigeon Forge area and I really, really, really want to see this with her family. Anyway, we’re hoping to visit sometime this summer. We’ll see.
I don’t always prepare in advance for the places we visit but today while I was reading through some of the blog posts in my reader I ran across this post by my friend Dana at Noggins and Nonsense, dedicated to their study of the R.M.S. Titanic. She shared resources they used, a movie they watched and some ideas for your own Titanic pages for a history notebook. One of the books, Voyage on the Great Titanic-The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady caught my attention (you can read about it in Dana’s Book Log- aren’t you loving her blog?!)
Well, this very day when I was supposed to be shopping for groceries, I discovered a thrift store and was lured inside and what did I find? This very book! Okay, it’s a sign that we MUST VISIT THE TITANIC MUSEUM! Okay, really I’m just joking, but I sure am excited to assign this to my children to read. After reading Dana’s thoughts, I may just follow suit and enjoy it as a read aloud. I’m just so excited to have made this discovery!
So, have you studied the Titanic exclusively? What resources did you use?
Congrats on your fabulous find! I love thrift stores! As a matter of fact, I think that's where we got our copy.
I read that book when I was 7 – I've read the whole series by now!
It is a great, great book… lots of fun! 
I love the Titanic and its story… very fascinating. I can't remember anything exactly that I've read, but it's a lot, lol.
Blessings!
Cool find! We did a Titanic study. We read a book called "The Crossing", We also found some pbs documentaries that were very good. I found a book on recipes aboard the Titanic and a cd of music that would have been played aboard. Here's a couple links to some of our Titanic activities.
http://syndiluhu.blogspot.com/2009/04/making-titanic.html
http://syndiluhu.blogspot.com/2009/04/titanic-day.html
We went to the Titanic museum in Branson a couple of summers ago and it was very cool. There are tons of interactive things for the kids to do…it was well worth the cost.
I love it when that happens! I want to do the Book of Virtues Lapbook with my children this summer. Went into the thrift store…and there it was!
http://www.freelyeducate.com/2010/04/free-900page-unit-study-lapbook-project-on-the-book-of-virtues-.html
That museum sounds really cool! When we lived in New Mexico we saw a traveling exhibit of Titanic artifacts. My oldest was really interested in the story.