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Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)
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Deborah Hopkinson’s award winning informational text, “Titanic: Voices From the Disaster� explores the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic in a way that accurately captures both human and historical elements of the event. Hopkinson’s Sibert Medal winner describes the 1912 voyage of the Titanic from the perspectives of multiple different passengers that were aboard the “unsinkable� ship when she struck ice and descended to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. “Titanic: Voices From the Disaster� is a captivating read that emulates the horrible disaster that occurred on April 15th, 1912.
When I was young, I developed a deep fascination with the nautical mechanics of the RMS Titanic. I found it so interesting to study the events that led up to the disaster that changed mankind and our relationship with the naval world. This past summer, my dad and I visited the Titanic Artifact Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas’s exhibition is home to the largest recovered artifact from the ship - a fifteen ton piece of the ship’s hull called “The Big Piece�. Standing just feet away from the artifact was surreal. I imagined how many people had stared at the piece over one hundred years prior, unaware of what was to come. In trying to share the facts and information behind historical events, many museums and works of nonfiction lose the human aspect of the event. However, Hopkinson’s informative text accurately depicted the emotion and life that the RMS Titanic carried with her on her journey. Hopkinson’s vivid personal accounts allow readers to imagine and memorialize the real people who were passengers aboard the ship.
In addition to being able to share the tales of the unique men, women, and children aboard, “Titanic: Voices From the Disaster� also provides readers with interesting and important information about the ship and her people. Hopkinson’s choice of narrative subjects, pictures, and supplemental facts together make her book an informative and interesting read. Hopkinson’s book would be very useful in the elementary classroom because it allows young readers to expand their knowledge on the historic event of the sinking of the RMS Titanic while also challenging them to make sense of a society that existed before them.
When I was young, I developed a deep fascination with the nautical mechanics of the RMS Titanic. I found it so interesting to study the events that led up to the disaster that changed mankind and our relationship with the naval world. This past summer, my dad and I visited the Titanic Artifact Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas’s exhibition is home to the largest recovered artifact from the ship - a fifteen ton piece of the ship’s hull called “The Big Piece�. Standing just feet away from the artifact was surreal. I imagined how many people had stared at the piece over one hundred years prior, unaware of what was to come. In trying to share the facts and information behind historical events, many museums and works of nonfiction lose the human aspect of the event. However, Hopkinson’s informative text accurately depicted the emotion and life that the RMS Titanic carried with her on her journey. Hopkinson’s vivid personal accounts allow readers to imagine and memorialize the real people who were passengers aboard the ship.
In addition to being able to share the tales of the unique men, women, and children aboard, “Titanic: Voices From the Disaster� also provides readers with interesting and important information about the ship and her people. Hopkinson’s choice of narrative subjects, pictures, and supplemental facts together make her book an informative and interesting read. Hopkinson’s book would be very useful in the elementary classroom because it allows young readers to expand their knowledge on the historic event of the sinking of the RMS Titanic while also challenging them to make sense of a society that existed before them.
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This sounds like an interesting book to read. Based on your review, it also seems like it could be a good book to teach kids about different perspectives.
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I really liked your review, I am also fascinated with the Titanic and I think thats so neat that you got to be so close to a piece of the actual ship. I think this would be a great book for kids to learn more about this piece of history and the different stories from that day.
This book seems very interesting, I love the movie and I think it's a good idea to read a book that talks about the ship and her people to explore more. Thank you for recommendation!
I've always been so interested about the Titanic because I've always loved the movie and when I was younger I would always search up famous things that happened on my birthday and the start of the sinking was on the list. When I was younger there was a Titanic exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science that I had the opportunity to go to, but I have a feeling this book contains a lot of information unknown to me. This review is so intriguing and I would love to read this book and learn more information about the sinking of the titanic that I don't already know.
I would really enjoy reading this book I believe because I have always been fascinated in the titanic and the stories that surround it. I think that your review of the book was very well written and elaborate and it convinced me to want to read the book at some point in time. I think it would be interesting because it is non-fiction so it is a true story. Great review!
