Chapters 19 & Epilogue

Activity 1 Brian's Rescue

Brian is finally rescued by a pilot who hears the emergency beacon. Find out more about emergency signaling devices. How do they work? Find out how people have been rescued using one of these devices.

Look at the survival kits in this website. How do they compare to the one Brian found in the airplane? How would Brian's time in the wilderness have been different if he had the survival kit all along?

Watch the movie A Cry in the Wild. Compare the movie to the book using a Venn Diagram.

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