5th edition
Unit 3 Video
The Titanic SB p35 Pre-intermediate
Before watching
1 Discuss the questions with a partner. 2 Complete the sentences with words from the box.
1 What do you know about the Titanic? deck crew passengers bow shipwreck shipyard
2 Have you seen a film about the Titanic? Did you
think it was a good film? Why?/Why not? 1 The bought their tickets for the voyage.
2 The worked hard on the ship.
3 A lot of men worked in the where they built big
ships.
4 People stood on the of the ship and waved
goodbye to their friends and families.
5 The divers discovered the at the bottom of the sea.
6 The front of a ship is called the .
While watching
3 Watch the video. Underline the correct option 5 Watch Building the Titanic and complete the summary.
that you hear in the video.
1 The Titanic started her journey from England The Harland and Wolff 1 , where they built the
on April 10 / April 14, 1912. Titanic, still exists today. They don’t make ships here any more,
but you can still see the yard’s two massive cranes, Samson and
2 The Titanic hit an iceberg on its way to Ireland / Goliath. There’s a new Titanic 2 at the old shipyard,
North America. where you can learn more about the ship. From the outside,
3 Belfast was famous for shipbuilding in the 19th it looks like the 3 of the Titanic. Behind the new
/ 20th century. building, you can still see the old 4 where they
4 At the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum you designed the ships for the White Star Line. This building is
can see objects from the Titanic / Titanic’s sister empty today, but in 5 , there were hundreds of
ship. people working there. Harland and Wolff built three ships for
5 Susie Millar’s great-grandfather was one of the the White Star Line, including one of the Titanic’s sister ships, the
Olympic. They were almost identical, but the Titanic was slightly
survivors / died on the ship. 6
. You can see the original plans for the Titanic
4 Watch The tragic story. Complete the sentences and the Olympic at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
in the table with numbers from the box.
6 Watch My great-grandfather’s story. Are the sentences true
1985 710 9 2½ 270 885 53 1,343 (✓) or false (✗)? Correct the false sentences.
1 In the past, people in Belfast didn’t like to talk about the
The ship Titanic and how she was built in their city.
The Titanic was nearly 1 metres long. 2 Susie Millar’s great-grandfather, Tommy Millar, worked
The Titanic was 2
metres high and had for both Harland and Wolff, and the White Star Line.
3
decks. 3 Tommy wanted to return to Ireland after the Titanic
Passengers and crew voyage.
There were 4 passengers and 5
4 Tommy gave his sons two new pennies each and asked
crew members. Only 6
people survived. them to spend the money immediately.
5 Susie’s family never spent the two new pennies.
The shipwreck
6 Susie thinks the story of the Titanic is still interesting
The wreck of the Titanic was found in 7 . because it involved the richest people in the world.
The Titanic rests 8
miles underwater.
After watching
7 Work in small groups. Discuss the questions.
1 What kind of behaviour do you think would be heroic or cowardly in Extension
this terrible situation? Find information about the famous
2 Have you travelled on a big ship? If so, did you enjoy it? Why?/Why not? Titanic survivor Eva Hart. Bring your
notes to class and compare with a partner.
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5th edition
Unit 3 Video Teacher’s notes
The Titanic SB p35 Pre-intermediate
Before watching (10 minutes) 5 r Before watching Building the Titanic, ask students
to read the text and fill in the gaps from memory. Play
Warmer Building the Titanic and ask students to check their
answers. Elicit answers from the whole class and write
Elicit or give the word ship, and write it on the board. Ask
them on the board.
students to think of the names of any famous ships and
write these on the board. Discuss why they are famous as
Answers
a class, but limit any discussion of the Titanic at this stage. 1 shipyard 4 offices
Tell students that, when we talk about a ship, we often say 2 building 5 1900
she, and ask them if it is the same in their language. 3 bow 6 bigger
1 Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs. After a few 6 r Ask students to read the sentences (1–6) about the
minutes, ask the whole class the questions. Encourage human side to the story of the Titanic. Ask students to
students to tell you everything they know about the decide if the sentences are true (f) or false (g). Remind
Titanic. Use this feedback session to elicit iceberg if it was them to correct the false sentences. You might want to
not mentioned in the warmer. pre-teach/check some difficult vocabulary from the video,
2 Ask students to complete the sentences. Elicit answers such as memorial, plinth, construct (v.), pass sth down,
from the whole class and check pronunciation. disaster, coward, and villain. Play My great-grandfather’s
story and ask students to check answers. After watching,
Answers students can check their answers in pairs before whole-
1 passengers 4 deck
class feedback.
2 crew 5 shipwreck
3 shipyard 6 bow
Answers
1 ✓
2 ✓
3 ✗ Tommy wanted to stay in America.
While watching (25 minutes) 4 ✗ Tommy asked his sons not to spend the money until the
3 r Before playing the video, ask students to read the family was together again.
sentences and check they understand them. Play the 5 ✓
full video clip and ask students to underline the correct 6 ✗ Susie thinks the story of the Titanic is still interesting because
option in each sentence. Elicit answers from the whole it combines the story of the disaster involving the biggest
class. ship in the world with individual stories of people and their
families.
Answers
1 April 10
2 North America
3 20th After watching (10 minutes)
4 Titanic’s sister ship 7 Ask students to discuss their ideas in small groups. Check
5 died on the ship that they understand heroic and cowardly in question 1.
Monitor and make a note of any errors, in particular those
4 r Before watching The tragic story, ask students to work in related to past verb forms, and also any examples of good
pairs and complete some of the table from memory. You language. Have a class feedback session, eliciting ideas
might want to pre-teach/check some difficult vocabulary and opinions from various groups, then focus on any
from the video, such as destination, voyage, sink (past: language issues.
sank), and survive. Play The tragic story and ask students to
complete the table with the missing numbers. Students Extension
check their answers. Elicit answers from the whole class.
To end on a positive note, ask students to consider the
Answers survivors from the Titanic. Write Eva Hart on the board and
1 270 5 885 tell students she was one famous survivor. Students can
2 53 6 710 find information about Eva Hart on the Internet or from
3 9 7 1985 other resources. Ask students to bring the information
4 1,343 8 2½ about her to the next lesson. In this next lesson, students
work in pairs and exchange their information about
Eva Hart.
Students can watch the video again online at
headwayonline.com and complete the interactive tasks.
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