1. To Build a Fire
By Jack London (1902)

2. To Build A Fire
http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html
3. Vocabulary
Intangible
Chechaquo
Niggerheads
Monotonously
Crypts
Smote
Poignant
Threshing
Appeasingly
Mincingly
4. Yukon Territory
You are a visitor to the Yukon.
The territory is unknown to you.
The temperature is fifty degrees below zero.
What three items would you most want with you to help you survive the freezing temperatures?
5. Question For Thought
How would you describe the man in Londons story?
How experienced and well prepared for this journey is the man?
Do you think a guide or a map would be handy to have?
6. Traveling Concerns
Being alone in the wilderness raises lots of concerns. In what order would you look to satisfy your survival needs? Food, water, fire, shelter. Which is the most urgent? Why?
7. Things To Think About
List at least three things the traveler does wrong?
What sort of foreshadowing do you get from the descriptions of the dog?
How would the story change if told from a different point of view?
8. Questions For Thought
What person or thing would you miss the most from home?
What is your most comforting item? Why?
9. Get Ready To Discover
We will break into 4 groups of 4-5.
Each group will take a topic to research on the Internet we will spend the rest of class today and the next two days researching and preparing to share what youve discovered with your classmates.
10. The Assignment
Find as much information as you can in two days. You will present your findings to class. You may use any means to display and present your information. Be creative!
11. Assignment Topics
Author Jack London
The Yukon Territory
Frostbite
Hypothermia
Wilderness Survival
Emergency Preparedness
Snow Travel
12. Credits
Story
London, Jack To Build A Fire (1902) Youths Companion May 29, 1902
Images
Microsoft clip art
pixdaus.com
grizzlymedia.wordpress.com
movingincanada.com
Microsoft clip art
280slides.com
waynehodgins.typepad.com
practicalsurvivor.com
http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html
bible.ca
fashionmas.com
virtualad.com.cn
symonsez.wordpress.com
mckinley.illinois.edu
13. Credits
Images Continued
east-buc.k12.ia.us
agas-lizard.blogspot.com
waterford.k12.mi.us
grangerhomestead.org
tvshowsondvd.com
Sounds
Fish and Wildlife Service (wolves)
Animals Pictures Archives Animal Sounds (owls)
Soundhunter.com (wind)
The Recordist (crackling ice)