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    Titanic: in Disasters Like The Sinking of The, Who Should Be Saved First?

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    In disasters like the sinking of the
    Titanic, who should be saved first?
    Some people say that, in emergencies, women and children should be saved first.
    Do you agree with this?
    When the Titanic was built, everyone said it to be helped. Second, they believed that the
    was indestructible. But on the night of April lives of women and children were more
    14, 1912, on its first voyage from England to valuable. Finally, many men thought placing
    New York, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. women and children first was simply the right
    Of the 2,224 people aboard, only about 700 and proper thing to do. “Women and children
    survived. first” is how they did everything.
    Many of the people who survived were Does this make sense? What if the Titanic
    women and children. This was because male sank today? Do you think men should do the
    passengers decided that women and children same thing?
    should get into the lifeboats first. There were
    many reasons for this. First, men believed that
    women and children were weaker, and needed

    It’s a fact—women and The whole idea of


    children are more valuable “women and children
    to society than men. first” is an insult. In today’s
    Women are the ones who have children. world, everyone is equal. Women are
    And children are the ones who keep a just as strong as men—they don’t need
    family going. So “women and children men to save them. Women can save
    first” isn’t just being nice. It makes themselves. Maybe children should go
    sense. If the Titanic disaster were to first. But if the Titanic disaster happened
    happen today, men should let women today, women and men should get in the
    and children go first. lifeboats together.

    Your Turn!
    Write Now: Do you think “women and children first” is a good idea? Why or why not?

    50 Debate Prompts for Kids © Daley & Dahlie, Scholastic Teaching Resources 17

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