Goals

1. Incorporate survival skills into real life experiences.
2. Increase studentsí use of newspapers, magazines and the Internet.
3. Increase student awareness of events that occur outside of the classroom.
4. Incorporate art with literature.

Materials
Various newspapers and magazines
Scissors
Large Paper about 14 by 11 1/2
Glue
Colored Construction Paper

** Possible ideas for where the students can look:
(Please preview suggestions to make sure they are appropriate for students)

Books
Robinson, Karen. Rescue! True Survival Stories.
Potterfield, Peter. In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World. Mountaineers,
New York, 1996.
Birnbaum, Jacob and Jason R. Taylor. I Kept My Promise: My Story of Holocaust Survival
Morris, Deborah. Real Kids, Real Adventures: True Stories. (Series)

Magazine Articles
Hendryx, William M. Your Daddy Will be Back Soon: An Amazing Story of Survival. Family Circle. Apr. 23
1996, Vol. 109, Iss. 6, p. 88-90.
Sider, Don. Miracle on the Mountain. People Weekly. Jan. 8 1996, Vol. 45, Iss. 1, p. 54-55.
Barrett, Wayne M.Ý Survival at Sea. USA Today: The Magazine of the American Scene.Ý Sept. 1996, Vol. 125,
Iss. 2616, p. 52-53.
Johnson, Gerry. Swarm! Reader's Digest. Jan 1997, Vol. 150, Iss. 897, p. 56-62.
Morris, Michelle. Anatomy of a Fire. Ladies Home Journal. Dec. 1996, Vol. 113, Iss. 12. p. 96-100.
Kirkpatrick, Jennifer. I Survived the Titanic. National Geographic World. Jul. 1996, Iss. 251, p. 24-29.

Time
2 Hours

Procedure

1. Give students about 1 hour to research the library or Internet for articles or books on examples of people who have
   experienced real life survival situations preferably at sea depending on the extent of the library's resources. Other
   related topics could be a plane crash in a deserted place, lost in a forest, etc.
2. Each student will review the article or book that they have chosen.
3. Each student will summarize the article or book in about 2-3 paragraphs with a paragraph focusing on the skills that
   the person(s) used in order to survive.
4. Students will write their summary on a section of a large piece of paper and using magazines and newspapers the
   can visually depict the person's survival experience around the summary in a collage.

Assessment

1. Student's summary of the event (Criteria for Success: an accurate summary of the event as well as correct spelling
   and grammar (See Rubrics)).
2. Student's collage (Criteria for Success: student creativity and accurate depiction of the article or book).

Major Concepts

1. Social Studies - the research of survival skills, communicating with the class about the meaning of the collage that
   the students made
2. Language Arts - writing, communication
3. Art - Collage

Extensions

1. Students will present their collage to the class if they choose.
2. The collages can be posted on a bulletin board in the classroom.
3. Have students create their own real life survival story modeled after what they have read in their research.

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