Topic:

    Introduction to Backpacking
 

Objective:

    Students will have basic knowledge about the essentials of backpacking.
 

Skill:

    Students will know the 13 essentials for backpacking.
 

Equipment:

•     Clothes
•     Food
•     Knife
•     Sunglasses/Sunscreen
•     Matches
•     Fire starter
•     1st Aid Kit
•     Flashlight
•     Map
•     Compass
•     Signaling Device
•     Emergency Shelter
•     Water

Instant Activity: True or False?
 

Lesson Activity:

    I. Explain and identify the 13 essentials

        A. Students will receive a 13 essentials checklist handout.

    II. Review Backpacking Minimum-Impact Travel handout

        A. Students will receive a minimum-impact travel handout.

    III. Review general safety tips for all trips into the outdoors

        A. Students will receive a handout on general safety tips.

    IV. Review the steps to take before you leave home

        A. Students will receive a handout on the steps to take before leaving home.

    V. Explain the steps one should take to plan a trip

        A. Students will receive a handout on steps to take to plan a trip.
 

Review:

    -Instructor will ask the students to name all of the 13 essentials. Students will raise
    their hands and the instructor will randomly call on students until all of the 13
    essentials have been named.

    -Instructor will list the 13 essentials on the board while also holding up examples of
    the 13 essentials.

    -Instructor will also ask the students to name other backpacking tips that they
    learned from the handouts on minimum-impact travel, safety,  before leaving home
    and how to plan your first trip.
 

Assessment:

    -All students will be given a quiz on the 13 essentials. They must be able to name all
      of them. The quiz will be worth a total of 26 points.
 
 

 
 
 

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