Survival Unit

The survival unit entailed reading several different stories relating to survival. First, as a class we gathered essential survival skills we thought that was important. We all thought that knowledge was the most worthy of being in first place. Some examples included, determination, adaptability, patience, risk taking, resourcefulness, and social skills. We read “The Old Man and The Sea” and we recorded traits that we thought illustrated the characters. Santiago was a very determined man, he set a goal to catch a fish and he fought to make that goal. Moving on into the unit, we got to pick between 3 different books to read. Every few classes we watched episodes of Survival Man. Each episode was picked to relate each setting of each book. I picked Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I was required to read a selected amount of chapters each night and fill out different worksheets according to the information in the book. Unbroken was about a boy named Louis Zamperini. He was a boy that was always into trouble. His older brother wanted to help him turn his life around. He got Louie into running, at first he did it to stay out of trouble but then he grew a great love for it. He later qualified for the Olympics. When World War II breaks out, he enlists in the military. His B-29 crashes in the middle of the pacific. He survives days on a life raft to be captured by the Japanese and held a prisoner in a POW camp. Besides the length of the book, I honestly enjoyed it. For once, I can say the book was better than the movie.