At the beginning of class, each of us were given a key word to search about the Titanic. Mine was "beginning." We each did a short and quick search and came back together as a class right before lunch to have a discussion. One at a time, we all told about what we had found. Amazingly it gave a very broad, but brief overview about the Titnic.
This would be a fabulous way of introducing any science or social studies unit. I think it is better suited for the upper grades, as they have more background knowledge and abilities to surf the web (nettrecker) for information. In lower grades, students could do this in groups. I would'nt give it as homework the night before, as I would an older student, but perhaps 20 minutes prior to introduction of the activity.
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