Jack Phillips and the Titanic, KS 2+ Loan Box
This box has resources to help students explore:-
- Working and travelling on the Titanic, including the stories of 4 local people associated with the ship
- The nature and reliability of historical sources, in the context of the debate over the causes of the sinking and varying contemporary and subsequent accounts of the disaster
- The impact on safety of life at sea
And material to inspire creative writing
In addition to Jack Phillips, it introduces stewardess, Lucy Snape from Witley whose young daughter travelled with her, William Lindsay from Farncombe, who had a narrow escape, and Lord Pirrie, Chairman of the Belfast Harland and Wolff shipyard where the Titanic was built, whose country home was Witley Park
The box includes a copy of Father Browne's Titanic Album, a unique collection of photographs taken on board the ship and Shaun Tan's beautiful book without words "the arrival" to introduce the topic of the emmigrants travelling on the Titanic
Objects include a replica life jacket and Morse Code key
Contents of Godalming Museum’s
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BOOKS Exploring the Titanic, by Robert Ballard A Farncombe Lad, by Mandy Le Boutillier (booklet) Father Browne’s Titanic Album The Arrival, Shaun Tan Titanic, the Artefact Exhibition Lost Voices from the Titanic Titanic Research Guide (Magic Tree House) Copy of the National Geographic with article, The Titanic, what really happened? The Phillips Memorial – an Arts and Crafts Memorial in Godalming Titanic Survivor, the Memoirs of Violet Jessop, Stewardess Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo Eyewitness Titanic (Dorling Kindersly) DISCS The Olympic “The Path of Duty was the path to Glory” opening of the Phillips Memorial Cloister and Grounds “Look Out! Southampton’s Titanic Story in Song” REPLICA PACKS Pack of 32 photographs, illustrations and news reports reproduced from the Illustrated London News Pack of 16 replica wireless telegrams Pack of 16 replica newspaper front pages Folder containing replica documents INDIVIDUAL ITEMS Morse code key Replica lifejacket Block of cork Newspaper article (A3) “Thrilling Story by Titanic’s Surviving Wireless Man” JACK PHILLIPS BAG Titanic Distress Traffic Newspaper article “Titanic Wireless Chief Died on a Life Raft” Harold Bride’s testimony to the British Inquiry Article “The fateful ice warnings that could have saved Titanic …?” Portrait of Jack Phillips by Ellis Martin Framed photograph of Jack Phillips by Jenni Stedman and Charles Elworthy Two poems by Edwin Drew Magazine article “Commemorating a Deed of Courage” "OTHER PEOPLE" BAG Newspaper article “Two Witley Victims” Extract from book “Stewardess on an Ocean Liner” Stewardess’ apron information sheet Newspaper articles “A Ship of Gloom” and “A Narrow Escape” Magazine articles “A Farncombe Man Looks Back” 6 photographs of Witley Park Photograph of the Borough Hall in Godalming c.1900 Suitcase activity sheet to photocopy BAG 3 Tables illustrating who survived and who was lost Edith Rosenbaum’s account of the disaster Play script based on Edith Rosenbaum’s account Kirkleatham Museum’s Morse Code Activity pack Blank telegraph form to photocopy Information sheet - Safety of Life at Sea – SOLAS Information sheet - Making the replica life jacket Spot the difference – compare the replica life jacket with a modern example Folder of suggestions on how to use the material in the box
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Detailed teaching notes are provided. Click here for a PDF.
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