Dive into the Titanic

On the morning of April 15, 1912, five days into her maiden voyage, newspapers around the world announced that the ship everyone believed was unsinkable, the RMS Titanic, had hit an iceberg and sunk.  Even though over 1,500 people drowned in the icy waters off the coast of Newfoundland, as the years passed, memory of the tragedy faded. In the fall of 1985, oceanographer Robert Ballard discovered the wreckage and propelled the sunken Titanic into popular history.

As Ballard explored the ship, he came across artifacts that humanized the Titanic story; things people had used in their daily lives like boots, glasses and even a porcelain doll.

Relive history yourself with these resources:

Titanic: This award winning book by Deborah Hopkins blends the eyewitness accounts of survivors with photographs,  contemporary newspaper articles and other primary sources to give a true voice to the tragedy.

You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Titanic!: David Stewart's contribution to the popular You Wouldn't Want To nonfiction series is a treasure trove of historical and technical information while David Antram's darkly humorous cartoons and infographs lighten the story.

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912: Sometimes the best way to experience history is through reading some well-researched historical fiction.  Lauren Tarshis' I Survived series brings history to life by putting readers in the shoes of witnesses to some of history's greatest and most frightening events and I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic is no exception!

Which historical artifact or city would you like to discover?