Name: Titanic window or porthole portrait/ view

Grade Level: Fourth Grade

Materials needed:

Cheerios

Paper plates

Brown/ gold paint

Markers

Colored pencils

Crayons

Glue

Directions:

1. Explain to the students will have different choices for this project.
2. Explain that portholes are windows on a cruise ship.
3. Explain the three choices.
a. Use your imagination to draw what the passengers saw throughout the portholes on the
titanic before they hit the glacier.
b. Draw a self portrait of yourself in the titanic porthole as if you were a passenger.
c. Draw a main character in the porthole.
4. Explain the materials and what they will be used for.
a. The paper plate will be the porthole.
b. The cheerios will act as screws.
c. The markers/ crayons/ colored pencils/ will be used for the drawing portion.
d. The paint can be used for the outside of the porthole.
5. Have the students pass out the materials.
6. Inform the students they will need to paint the outside of the porthole before gluing on the
cheerios or screws.
7. Explain to the students that they may complete the steps whichever way they feel works best for
them.
8. Explain that while the paint is drying, work on assignments from the “spare time” folder.
9. Allow the students time to discuss what they will be creating.
10. Allow the students time for each part of the activity.
a. Drawing in their portholes
b. Painting the surrounding of the porthole
c. Gluing on the cheerios
11. When finished, allow the students to share their portholes and explain what they see in/out it.
This activity would be great during a lesson on the titanic. You could allow the students to create
portholes before reading the story. Allow them to use their imagination as to what they believe they
will see in/ out the portholes. At the end of the story allow the children to create another porthole
which would be more detail pertaining to the story unless the self-portrait is chosen.

If chosen to create self-portraits, the students can create a little background of what they are doing and
or feeling in the porthole.

If the other two are chosen, students can take time to write how their two portholes are different and
or alike.