RMS Titanic

White Star Line

1912

This space is set aside for a contextualizing narrative. It is available to either a contributing educator or for a student to submit.

Listen to the original conversation

EPS Podcast S3E28 "Ship of Dreams"
Recorded with Gena O. of Gilder Lehrman at NCSS Conference, Nashville, TN

Add to the discussion

The initial conversation addresses some of the questions that are used to analyze a primary source, but not all. With your teacher’s guidance, please record your insights on the following, and submit them to the site for publication:

  • How was the ship, Titanic , made?

  • Where was the ship built and where was its route intended to be?

  • Why was Titanic built?

  • Why would a ship be described as ‘unsinkable’?

Gallery

How has Titanic been represented in media before, and especially after, its tragic sinking?