Reading Guides

Reading Guides for Unit 1: Alaska's Geography

   Chapter 1: Alaska's Place in the World

   Chapter 2: Alaska Places and Locations

   Chapter 3: Alaska's Geology

   Chapter 4: Regions of Alaska

Reading Guides for Unit 2: Alaska Native Cultures

   Chapter 1: Origins of Alaskan Native Culture

   Chapter 2: Athabaskans (People of the Boreal Forest)

   Chapter 3: Tlingit (People of the Rainforest)

   Chapter 4: Aleut (People of the Ocean)

   Chapter 5: Inupiaq, Yupik, and Alutiiq (Peoples of the Arctic)

Reading Guides for Unit 3: Russian-America

Chapter 1: Discovery

Chapter 2: Beginnings of Russian-America

Chapter 3: Baranov Era

Chapter 4: Life in Russian-America

Reading Guides for Unit 4: An American Territory

Chapter 1: An American Territory

Chapter 2: The Gold Rush

Chapter 3: Building Alaska

Chapter 4: Alaska at War

Chapter 5: The Fight for Statehood

Reading Guides for Unit 5: Modern Alaska

Chapter 1: Events since Statehood

Chapter 2: Alaska's Land

Chapter 3: Alaska's Economic Overview