This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Maritime Nightmare’, features an informational text about the tragic sinking of the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River in 1865. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about reasoning, detail, imagery, vocabulary, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, sequence, the main …More
This history article, ‘Titanic Mistakes’ features the mistakes that happened before and during the sinking of the famous ship. It provides factual information about the ship’s testing, lifeboats and rescue, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.