In 1912, popular media headlined the sinking of the world's largest luxury passenger ocean liner while on its maiden voyage. Newspapers captivated the world's attention with stories from survivors and about victims who did not survive. Students will examine responses to the disaster and evaluate bias and different ways information is presented, and then apply what they learn to interpreting a political cartoon about the sinking of the Titanic.

Concepts

bias, disasters, journalism

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Additional Tags

library of congress, titanic

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)