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The Chosen Place;
Growing Up on a 1940s Homestead in Old Chugiak, Alaska isbn: 978-0-9815193-5-7 Tales of homestead life through the eyes of a young girl, growing up and sharing the dream of her father and mother to pioneer a new land. Learn about the “treasure dump” and other treasures and adventures of homestead life. Includes photos. 268 pages. Intermediate and above
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Alaska Unit Study Guide: Non-fiction Book and Lesson Plans isbn: 780963703002 Meets standards for one-semester Alaska Studies: Alaska history, culture, geography, science, math, economics, writing, vocabulary.
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Homesteading at the Back of Beyond; Roughing it in Fairbanks Alaska in the 1960s isbn: 978-1-8906923-21-6 Personal reminiscences of the author's homesteading adventures just outside Fairbanks, Alaska in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Learn how she became a human snow plow, how she learned to deal with "things that go bump in the night," and how she managed to survive with a sense of humor raising a family without running water or electricity for seven years.
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Alaska Sea Escapes
isbn: 1-890692-00-X True, harrowing tales of disasters and escapes in the wild waters of Alaska’s fishing industry. Beautifully illustrated with charcoal drawings, maps showing locations. 1998. 126 pp, 5½"x8½", paper. Wizard Works. High interest reading. Intermediate and above
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Alaska Dictionary and Pronunciation Guide
isbn: 0-9621543-6-9 Get the straight scoop on over 400 Alaska words, phrases, and place names. Learn what Alaskans mean when they say the things they do. Find out how some of Alaska’s colorful communities got their names. A fun and fascinating way to augment Alaska History studies. Contains 2010 update insert. Intermediate and above
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Aunt Phil's Trunk of Alaska Trivia
isbn: 978-1-57833-446-9 Do you know which Alaska glacier is larger than the state of Rhode Island? Or how much the average dog was worth in Nome during the gold-rush era? Along with Alaska-theme crosswords, word search, and sudoku puzzles, the answers to these questions can be found in this funfilled 104-page book, which includes dozens of historical photographs.
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Alaska Studies Series - Unit II, Alaska History
isbn: 1-878051-39-3 bk; isbn: 1-878051-62-2 CD TEACHING REFERENCE — Comb-bound manual for whole-year study of Alaska history, from its earliest days to the present. Includes unit plans, lesson plans, questions to raise, writing activities, cooperative activities, and thinking skills. Grades 4-6, can be adapted for use with higher grades
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Primary Alaska
isbn: 1-878051-17-2 bk This book is designed as an introduction to direction and an introduction to Alaska. Includes language skills, motor skill development, math, map skills and writing. Excellent for classroom use or home school study. Preschool - grade 3
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Living in Alaska
isbn: 1-878051-43-1 Student; 1-878051-44-x Teacher Manual General overview of Alaska for younger students. Good prequel to The Alaska Report. Includes activities, stories, vocabulary, regions, communities, wildlife and biographies. Grades 2-5
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The Alaska Report
Study of Alaska history, geography, cities, regions, Native people, farming, volcanoes and earthquakes. Text (revised 2000) is a 1-2 month overview but could be used for a longer study. Teacher Manual contains suggested lessons, activities, and answers to blanks in Student Workbook. Workbook and Teacher Manual are keyed to the Text. Grades 4 and above
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Alaska My State
isbn: 1-878051-11-3 bk A comprehensive collection of one-page readings about Alaska. Includes information about cities, peoples and industries of Alaska, and features a trivia game at the end. Good accompaniment to The Alaska Report. Intermediate and above
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Alaska, the Last of the Land and the First
| This resource offers comprehensive and in-depth study of Alaska’s history from prehistoric settlement to the present. Teacher Manual includes suggested activities and cross references, as well as answers to puzzles and quizzes in Student Workbook . Meets Alaska Studies requirement: Includes Alaska's Native people, Russian colonial period, American colonial period, Alaska as a Territory, and Statehood to present. Intermediate to High School
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Alaska Earthquake 1964
| isbn: 0-9621543-7-7 50 authors recount their personal experiences in the great Alaska earthquake of 1964. Includes 40 photographs. Intermediate to adult
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A World Apart; My Life Among the Eskimos of Alaska
| isbn: 1-890692-03-4 Learn what it was like living and working among the Northern Eskimos of Wales and Scammon Bay in the 1950s and ’60s, in the days before snow machines and video games. Numerous photographs. Biography. Intermediate to adult
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