History HITS: Titanic - An Immersive Simulation of the Last Night on the RMS Titanic

Step into the world of the RMS Titanic with our latest HITS (Historical Immersion for Teachers and Students) video! Experience the dramatic events of April 14-15, 1912, as students take on the roles of passengers, crew, and decision-makers in an immersive simulation.
📜 What’s Inside?
-Step Back in Time: Watch as students transform their classroom into the Titanic, navigating the fateful night when the unsinkable ship met its tragic end.
-Real Documents, Real Decisions: Witness the use of authentic passenger lists, ship blueprints, and communication logs as students confront iceberg warnings and evacuation protocols.
-The Ultimate Role-Play: See educators and students embody key figures from the ship’s final hours, making life-or-death decisions that mirror the chaos and courage of 1912.
-The Iceberg Encounter: Follow the suspenseful moments leading up to and following the iceberg collision, and see how their choices affect the survival of passengers and crew.
🔍 Highlights:
-Behind-the-Scenes Insight: Discover how teachers and students manage historical accuracy and simulate emergency scenarios.
-Intense Moments: Experience the critical discussions and decision-making processes as students address lifeboat shortages and passenger evacuation.
-Unpredictable Outcomes: Witness the dramatic climax of the simulation, reflecting the real-life uncertainties and heroism of the Titanic disaster.
Join us for an unforgettable educational adventure where the past comes alive in this immersive simulation of one of history’s most infamous maritime tragedies. Don’t miss out-subscribe, watch, and engage with history!
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[@explorations40]

I think this is good for these kids to learn of the titanic history and the real passengers if it’s time and what they went through that traffic night it’s very educational for them.

[@heaththehistoryguy]

I’d like to think the students had a heck of a learning experience that they’ll remember!

[@toddkurzbard]

You were doing very well, except that you brought up the bogus "Coal Bunker Fire" Conspiracy theory. Other than that, much respect from this TITANIC historian in teaching young people today of this still-relevant tragedy. I might also suggest you keep a look-out for the "game" (although calling it a "game" does not truly give it justice) "TITANIC: Honor And Glory". It's been YEARS in development and will have a PERFECT (and I DO mean, 'PERFECT') TITANIC, with the ability to visit ANY PART OF THE SHIP YOU LIKE. Even us TITANIC Historians are raving about the DEMO'S. When it comes out, this is going to be an ABSOLUTE MUST - HAVE. I'm not trying to make a sales pitch here (it's not even OUT), but it will be DEFINITIVE, and, if you are a TITANIC buff, it will be basically an item you can't do without.

[@heaththehistoryguy]

I have been anxiously awaiting an official release of Honor and Glory for years :) I've downloaded several versions of the demo over those years, and can't wait until Project 401 hits Steam (one can only hope soon). Fun fact: I actually emailed the makers of this game asking to be able to use any in-game footage in this video that they saw fit to allow. Never got a reply, but that is understandable!

[@fmyoung]

29:44 Harland & Wolff's head designer, Alexander M. Carlisle, didn't really present Ismay with that plan he slipped it under the door leaving Ismay to discover for himself that the Titanic should have more boats. He didn't have the nerve to tell Ismay that. As Walter Lord put it "The roaring lion, so accustomed to getting his way on the yard, turned into a pussycat when it came to dealing with the client"

[@fmyoung]

Here's why the Titanic's story will never die: (1) she was the largest movable man-made object of her day, (2) she excelled in luxury appointments, (3) it was her maiden voyage (of all voyages), (4) there were many celebrities of the day on board, (5) there was already a lot of talk about all her features before she was ever launched (including her "unsinkability"), and (6) the Titanic is considered the first ship in living memory to be sunk by an iceberg. The Titanic shall always be in our minds despite herself; unlike the ship itself, the story remains unsinkable

[@fmyoung]

A really interesting story I've heard about Ismay is that around the time "A Night to Remember" was released in November 1955 Walter Lord got a letter from someone in England about the remarkable finish at the 1913 Derby in Epsom Downs. Craganour, the favourite, crossed the line first and was escorted to the winners' circle. Then, without a protest from anyone, it was placed second to Aboyeur. Craganour, Lord's correspondent said, was owned by Bruce Ismay, and I guess it doesn't really need saying that the horse racing establishment would never let his horse win the hallowed Derby after what happened. Walter Lord then went to check the story. Everything turned out to be accurate except for one important detail. Joseph Bruce Ismay didn't own Craganour. His brother, Charles Bower Ismay, did. Still, Craganour remained placed second to Aboyeur. The reason? Craganour's original jockey had been replaced by an American one, Johnny Reiff. I don't know why that was but the move was regarded as immensely unpopular, and at the end of the race during discussions the judges had a golden opportunity to discredit Reiff. Walter Lord, though, said that he still got letters afterwards still linking Bruce Ismay and Craganour together

[@heaththehistoryguy]

Hadn’t heard that one before!

[@fmyoung]

@@heaththehistoryguy Yes it seems not too many have heard about it that's why I've been posting it around

[@fmyoung]

@@heaththehistoryguy That's from Walter Lord, "The Night Lives On" (1986)

[@fmyoung]

31:08 Yep... "the North Atlantic is a harsh and jealous sovereign" (David McCallum)

[@fmyoung]

30:45 I hear the damage to the 6th compartment was only 2ft but still two feet is two feet

[@heaththehistoryguy]

Two feet too many

[@fmyoung]

Just can't believe the answer Lightoller gave to question 14197 at the British inquiry
Can you suggest at all how it can have come about that this iceberg should not have been seen at a greater distance?
- It is very difficult indeed to come to any conclusion. Of course, we know now the extraordinary combination of circumstances that existed at that time which you would not meet again once in 100 years; that they should all have existed just on that particular night shows, of course, that everything was against us.
That's not the reasoning of a ship's officer, that's the reasoning of a teen. The court wasn't impressed, and the message seemed to be, as Walter Lord put it so well, that the accident was of the one-in-a-million variety. Friend of mine told me earlier today the accident was actually of the "preventable variety."

[@heaththehistoryguy]

Perhaps also the answer of a career sailor struggling to figure out for himself just how this could have happened (he was, after all, in his cabin). A man struggling to rationalize it, perhaps

[@fmyoung]

@@heaththehistoryguy Walter Lord finishes off Chapter 6 of "The Night Lives On" with "'Everything was against us? ' The wonder is that [the Titanic] lasted as long as she did."

[@zachwatkins5752]

Uggg like, like, like, like

[@janinedemko3753]

ILost one of my relatives on titanic

[@fmyoung]

You lost one of your relatives on the Titanic....

[@heaththehistoryguy]

Which passenger?

[@fmyoung]

You should tell the Titanic Historical Society .

[@user-el1er7wv5z]

Sad