Teton County Library Events

One Book-One Family Project

January 16 - March 14, 2012

How It Works

■ Select an age-appropriate book for your family from the four listed below.
■ Read your book together and discuss using the question guide given with book.
■ Join in community-wide Titanic events—they’re FREE!

K - Grade 2
Titanicat, by Marty Crisp
Family Discussion Questions (pdf)

Grades 3-5
I Survived: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, by Lauren Tarshis
Family Discussion Questions (pdf)

Middle & High School
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic, by Allan Wolf
Family Discussion Questions (pdf)

Adult
A Night to Remember, by Walter Lord
Family Discussion Questions (pdf)

Books available at: Teton County Library (including through interlibrary loan, loan fees waived), all school libraries, Valley Bookstore (20% discount), and Jackson Hole Book Trader (20% discount).

Titanic Events

Iceberg Sculpture
Watch for this “titanic” creation by middle school students and the Town of Jackson. Appearing in late February across from the JH Middle School!

Movie: Titanic
(Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet)
7-10 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24
JH High School Auditorium

Community Conversation & Party
FOOD – FUN – SURPRISES!
Students from elementary through high school and community book clubs are invited to go back in time as passengers on the Titanic and join conversations led by Lynn Wegner and Teton County Library book clubs.
7-8 p.m., Wednesday, March 14
JH Middle School Commons

Classic Titanic Movie: A Night to Remember (1958)
7-9 p.m., Sunday, April 15 (The Titanic sank April 15, 1912!)
JH Middle School Commons

Cool Titanic Websites

http://www.titanicattraction.com/titanic-biographies.php
Read over 2,000 amazing passenger and crew stories

http://www.titanicattraction.com/titanic-education-hunt.php
Download a Titanic scavenger hunt

http://www.learn4good.com/games/adventure/hiddenexpeditiontitanic/hiddenexpeditiontitanic.htm
Locate lost items on the Titanic

http://www.immersionlearning.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=11
Read an interview with Dr. Ballard before he began his third Titanic expedition

Why Read Together as a Family?

Family reading can:
Improve relationships
Spark curiosity
Stir emotions
Stimulate imagination
Deepen understanding
Widen horizons
Strengthen literacy skills
BE FUN!

Chilling Titanic Facts

■ Weighing close to 50,000 tons and standing 11 stories tall and four city blocks long, the Titanic was the largest ship – largest moving object - built at that time.
■ Called a floating city, the Titanic had its own restaurant, post office, library, swimming pool, gym, squash courts and barber shops.
■ 16,000 men worked for two years to build the Titanic in an Irish shipyard.
■ After only 4 days at sea, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.
■ On board: 2,229 people (1,316 passengers and 913 crew). Survivors = 498 passengers and 215 crew.
■ Passengers ranged from some of the world’s richest people to poor immigrants.
■ Passengers came from 28 countries, including America, England, Ireland, Finland, China, Japan, Mexico and South Africa.
■ Nine dogs were on the Titanic; two Pomeranians and a Pekingese survived with their masters.
■ Lifeboats could only save 713 passengers. After the Titanic sank, laws were changed to require ships to carry enough lifeboats for every passenger and crew member.
■ For decades, divers, scientists, and treasure hunters searched for the wreck. U.S. scientist Robert Ballard led the team that finally located it in 1985.

Special thanks to:
Rotary Club of Jackson Hole and District #5440
Teton County School librarians
Teton Literacy Center
Teton Mentoring Project
Lynn Wegner & Teton County Library Book Clubs
Valley Bookstore
Jackson Hole Book Trader
Terry Yazzolino
Karen Merrell