The document provides discussion questions and topics about Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire". It asks the reader to think about what items they would want if alone in -50 degree Celsius temperatures in the Yukon Territory. Students are assigned to research topics like the author, the Yukon setting, frostbite, hypothermia, wilderness survival, and snow travel to present their findings to the class.

1. To Build A Fire Jack London (1902) Powerpoint Presentation by Susan Miller

2. Yukon Territory You are a visitor to the Yukon. The territory is unknown to you. The temperature is fifty degrees below zero. What three things would you want with you to help you survive the freezing temperatures?

3. Questions For Thought Your alone in a wilderness you don't know. Do you think a guide or a map would be handy? Why?

4. Vocabulary Intangable Niggerheads Monotonosly Crypts Smote Poignant Threshing Allegance Appeasingly Mincingly

5. Things To Think About List at least three things the traveler does wrong? What sort of foreshadowing do you get from the discriptions of the dog? What do you think will happen to the traveler?

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. Questions For Thought What person or thing would you miss the most from home? What is your most comforting item? Why?

8. Get Ready To Discover We will break into 4 groups of 4-5. Each group will take one topic to research on the Internet. We will spend the rest of class & the next two days researching & preparing to share what you've discovered with your classmates.

9. 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.

10. Assignment Topics Author - Jack London The Yukon Territory Frostbite Hypothermia Wilderness Survival Emergancy Prepardness Snow Travel