Can be taught in grades: 10th-12th
References
1 – Process Standards & “How to Teach History: Habits of the Mind”
2 – Alaska Heritage Alaska Historical Society 1985
3- Web Sites
* www.akhistorycourse.org - an incredible web site with resources for Alaska history, standards aligned to this web site in general
* www.ankn.uaf.edu - Alaska Native Knowledge Center
* www.alaskool.org - online materials for Alaska history, language and cultures
* http://akhistory.org/index.cfm - Alaska Studies lesson plans
* http://vilda.alaska.edu/index.html - Alaska’s Digital Achrives
* - Alaska Teacher Placement information on Alaska cultures
4 – Trade Books of SISD
* Two Old Women, Bird Girl & Man Who Followed the Sun, Raising Ourselves, Mother Earth Father Sky
5 – People of the Tongass – documentary book
Standards
1 – Geography
** Alaska Location (in relation to the US and the World)
** Places and Regions (Southeast, Southcentral, Interior, Northern)
** Political & Physical
* Human Systems (urban vs. rural)
* Environment and Society (resource development, natural hazards)
2 – Alaska History
* Russian Colony
* Exploration
* Baranof in Alaska
* European Influence
* Russian Orthodox
* Sale of Russian America
* American’s Territory
* Gold
* Exploration and Mapping
* Transportation (Ocean, River, Land)
* Population and Settlement
* U.S. Government Influence
3 - Alaska Cultures
* Native Cultures (general understanding, location, and social & environmental influence)
** Athabascan
* Cup’ik and **Yup’ik
* St. Lawrence Island Yupi’ik and ** Inupiaq
* Alutiiq and ** Aleut
* Eyak, **Tlingit, **Haida, and Tsimshian
* Non-Native Cultures
** Immigration Trends in Alaska
* African Americans in AK
* Asian Americans in AK
* Polynesians in AK
* Latin Americans in AK
* Regional Cultures
** Logging
** Fishing
* Mining
* Urban & Rural
** Subsistence
* Oil
4 – Governing Alaska
* Local Branches of Government
* Purchase of Alaska
* First Government
* Territorial Government
* Native Citizenship, Land Issues & Tribal Governments
* Federal Influence
* Statehood
* Constitutional Conventions
5 - Modern Alaska
** Oil Discovery and Development
** Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) & Alaska Native Claims (ANCSA)
* Environmental Wars
** Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD)
* Economic and Resource Development
* Military in Alaska
* Imports & Exports
* Economy & Resource Development
** Required Standards