BOOK GUIDES
Discussion and activity guide for the harrowing survival story Use this printable when teaching the book My Side of the…
WORKSHEETS
It's important to mark a trail when hiking in the wilderness, in order to find the way back, as students learn in this…
Write a story of survival based on a prompt.
This resource for students includes a 7-item checklist for handling bullying, as well as reflection and response…
This colorful printable provides students with 5 strategies for self-regulation of anger and attendant behavior to use…
Compare and contrast the pros and cons of the four standard principles of navigation.
Students read the animal facts on survival instincts and match the behaviors with the animals.
Increase social studies skills with an activity that focuses on showing respect and understanding good citizenship.
Students rank a list in order of importance of survival techniques.
Water is the single most important element necessary to survival. Teach students about food with high water content, the…
Follow the story, Lost on a Mountain in Maine, of a boy who survived in the Maine wilderness for nine days.
Students find out how to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius, and vice versa.
Students are asked to detail a survival plan.
TEACHING RESOURCE
Share an article from the Educators for Social Responsibility that details discussing violence and other sensitive and…
ACTIVITIES
Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and…
Put Gorp's story back in order. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.
A list of specific organizing strategies for teachers and parents to help disorganized students.
In this social studies activity, students consider what they would need to survive underground for an extended period of…
Students work in cooperative teams to explore and expand the concept of survival.
Students analyze a character's personality before and after a survival situation.
When faced with a survival situation, the most important thing is to remain calm.
Students explore the rationing of food and supplies as is necessary in a survival emergency.
Making fire without the aid of matches is difficult, but essential to survival in the wild, as students learn in this…
One way to make perishable food last for a long time is to dry it, as students learn in this printable.