Survival

The survival unit was a long unit with a novel and a series of Survivor Man episodes. With the episodes, we watched each one as a class and took note of three survival traits that were linked with that episode and evidence. Then we would write a short essay explaining each of them. We had done this for three of the Survivor Man episodes. For the novel part of this unit, we had or choice of three books. I had chose to read Unbroken, the story of a former Olympian, and Veteran of World War II that had been a prisoner of war in Japan, but survived. This book was an excellent story. It was easy to put yourself in the story, standing there watch it all happen. The detail of some events, that took place in the story, were well written. With this novel, of our choice, we had to do worksheets describing the couple of chapters we read, over the specific time we were given. Each person in the group had a specific worksheet with a specific job of discussing the chapters. I think this unit was successful, but at the end of it, I think knowledge is the most powerful survival trait. Some people might say knowledge is power. I agree with that statement because you are capable of many things if you have knowledge. In conclusion, I think this survival unit was beneficial to me and my peers, I enjoyed it.