1 (Chapter 1 ) Why did old Annie say that they would have sold anything in the chest if they had known about it.
2 (Chapter 2) Why didn't Kitty's mother apprentice her to a dressmaker?
3 (Chapter 2) Why do you think twenty pounds didn't mean much to Lady Victoria?
4 What would be the price of the third class ticket to New York in today's money?
5 What would be the price of a suite of rooms on the Titanic in today's money?
Draw...!
Draw a picture of a doll from around 1912.
Fact File
Prices: Tabitha's doll would have cost about ten pounds. In today's money that would be equivalent to about £500. (Money is worth about fifty times more now.)
In chapter 6 the steward tells Kitty that some of the passengers are paying as much as £850 for a suite of rooms on the Titanic. The third class passengers are paying only £9 for their ticket to New York.
Explore...!
Ask your grandparents or any elderly person that you know about the price of sweets or toys when they were young. Make a list and see the differences.
Imagine......!
Imagine that you have come from a poor family and have paid your nine pounds for a third class ticket to New York. What would strike you about the Titanic?
Imagine going to a toy shop to choose a doll like Tabitha's doll (about five hundred pounds, remember). Write a description of the doll.
Imagine that you go back in time and you meet Robert. Tell him what your favourite toys are now in the year 2001.
