SURVIVAL
Imagine this: you open your eyes and realize you’re completely alone. The plane has crashed. The boat is gone. Your phone doesn’t work. There’s no one around for miles — just wind, waves, trees, or empty sky.
No map, No instructions and No second chances.
What would you do? Would you panic, or would you plan? Could you make fire? Find water? Build shelter? Could you survive?
Stories like these have fascinated people for centuries. Sometimes they’re based on real events – amazing stories of people lost at sea, stranded in the jungle, or stuck in the mountains. Other times, they are fictional tales about characters who must use their wits to escape danger and stay alive. These stories are survival stories (Robinsonades) – tales of people pushed to their limits.
But survival is never just about food and fire. These stories also explore something deeper: fear, loneliness, hope, courage, and the will to keep going, even when everything seems lost.
Over the next weeks, you will step into the world of survival — through film, reading, discussion, and maybe even your imagination. You will hear true stories of people who made it through the impossible. Meet fictional characters who must adapt or die. And before you know it… well, let’s just say that by the end of this, you will know exactly what it feels like to be alone with only your instincts.
In the assignment Survival, you will work with the following:
Introduction
How do you survive? What tools and skills do you need? Here we will discuss, search and find out what you need to survive.
Survival stories
You will now get to work with three individuals who survived on their own in different parts of the world. Juliane Koepcke had to survive in the jungle, Poon Lim spent 133 days in the sea and Ada Blackjack survived an artic expedition.
Film: Cast Away
Before you start to learn how to write an own survival story we will look and work with one about Wilson, a volleyball.
Build-up to writing
How do you write a survial story? During this part of the assignment you will learn: What should be in your very own survival story and you will also search for information that you need.
Writing: Surival story
Now is the time for you to write your own survival story. Here you will find most of the information about the final assignment. The final assignment itself will be shared with you through Exam.net
Writing: Reflective
During one lesson you will write what you have learned and what you should focus more on /do better next time. This is called reflective writing.