When you hear the word survival, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Most people usually think about living in the aftermath of a catastrophic event. Survival is the most essential topic to teach and master. There are 6 basic survival skills which include mentality, shelter, water, fire and food. Survival is the ability to live in different and various types of environments.
Teaching survival should be an essential topic to teach to the youngsters, as it will help them in understanding the world around them, and how to co-operate without any difficulties. We should at least teach the basics of survival. Basic lessons of survival include building a fire, building a shelter from surrounding props, learning how to farm and harvest food, …show more content…
These lessons should be in the catastrophic category. Example: If a catastrophic event occurred and lead to people living on a deserted island, this knowledge would really help them survive and rebuild themselves.
There are six basic but important survival skills. The first one would be to prepare you mentally. Preparing your mentality and attitude is the most important skill to master. If a person is not prepared mentally, he or she could end up in a big mess with health problems, or even worst they could even end up dying. The second skill is building a shelter. To build a shelter, first you must find a good spot which will far away from any potential danger. It should also be insulated, from the ground, wind or rain. The most common death in a survival situation is caused by hypothermia. Hypothermia is when the body loses heat faster than it produces which leads to the body temperature dropping to critical point. Hypothermia can be avoided by building a