Search the passenger list of the Titanic: Type in your last name (surname) or first name to see if there were any passengers with the same name as yours. Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the database form and wait for a response.

Try this for a surprise: Type the name "John" and click SUBMIT. Can you find a name that was more common than John?

Look under the "Search By Name" function and SELECT ONE of the fields, like AGE or OCCUPATION. How many 13 year olds were on the boat? How many 12 year old girls were on the Titanic?  

Generate your own questions. Was their lifeboat lost at sea or did they survive? Who else stayed in the cabin with them? Some passengers traveled with a nurse and a maid. Were there more boys than girls traveling on the ship?

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