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Alaska Materials Guide by Grade Level
Preschool
Alaska Alphabet (6 weeks to a year)
Language Arts: Reading, Spelling
Math
Social Studies
Art
Alaska Ocean ABCs (supplemental)
Language Arts: Reading
Science
Bear Story (supplemental)
Language Arts: Reading, Spelling
Fish Camp in Alaska (2 to 6 weeks)
Social Studies
Reading
Primary (Grades K-3)
Alaska Alphabet (4 weeks to a year)
Language Arts: Reading, Writing, Spelling
Math
Social Studies
Art
Alaska Ocean ABCs (supplemental)
Language Arts: Reading
Science
Alaska Sled Dog Theme Unit (1-3 weeks)
Language Arts: Reading, Writing, Comprehension
Math
Bear Story (supplemental)
Language Arts: Reading, Spelling
Dash the Dog Theme Unit (1 to 3 weeks)
Language Arts: Reading, Writing, Comprehension
Math
Music
Science
Social Studies
Fish Camp in Alaska (1 to 2 weeks)
Social Studies
Reading
Living in Alaska (2 to 4 weeks) — Student and Teacher Manual
Language Arts: Reading
Social Studies
Primary Alaska (2 to 6 weeks)
Social Studies
History
Alaska’s Ecology,
Alaska’s Forests and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Tundra and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Wetlands and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Wildlife for the future, and
Alaska Ecology Cards.
(Each book can be a semester or year-long study, or
lessons and activities can be taken from several books for a semester study.)
Science
Natural History
Intermediate (Grades 4-8)
Geography (6 weeks to a semester)
Alaskan Geography,
Alaska - Maps, Maps, Maps, and
Alaska Studies I – Geography of Alaska.
(A reference work for educators, offering lesson plans, mini units, student readings and more.)
Social Studies (6 weeks to a semester)
The Alaska Report (Text, Workbook, Teacher’s Manual),
Living in Alaska (Workbook and Teacher’s Manual),
Alaska My State (Supplement to Alaska Report),
Alaska Studies II – History of Alaska (A reference work for educators,
offering lesson plans, mini units, student readings, and more.),
Alaska Unit Study Guide: Non-fiction Book and Lesson Plans, and
Kid's Alaska: Workbook of Alaska and it's History.
Science (Each book can be a semester or year-long study, or lessons and
activities can be taken from several books for a semester study.)
Alaska’s Ecology,
Alaska’s Forests and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Tundra and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Wetlands and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Wildlife for the future, and
Alaska Ecology Cards.
Science Supplements
Shorebird Guide for Kachemak Bay and Homer, Alaska,
Zoobooks Seabirds, and
Kids' Guide to Common Alaska Critters.
Cross Curricular (Including Math and Language arts. 3 to 6 weeks)
Alaska Sled Dog Theme Unit,
Alaskan Whales,
Bears to Barely Bears,
Dash the Dog Theme Unit, and
Sam the Salmon.
Alaska Native Studies (Supplements Social Studies curricula)
Alaska Natives of Note,
Koyukon Athabaskan Songs,
Northern Eskimo Stories,
Southeastern Stories,
Stories of the Aleutians and Kodiak, and
Stories from Tooksook Bay.
(Also good for language arts.)
Hands-on Learning (Supplements Social Studies)
Aleut Basket Weaving,
Beaver Trapping,
Birch Bark Basket Making,
Building a Dog Sled,
Building a Log Cabin,
How to Build Fishwheels,
How to Split, Dry & Smoke Salmon,
Making & Setting a Fishnet,
Making Snowshoes, and
Tanning Moosehide and Making Babish..
Supplemental for Social Studies / Language Arts
Prescription for Adventure: Bush Pilot Doctor, and
Prescription for Finding Home in Alaska.
Secondary - High School (Grades 8-12)
Geography (6 weeks to a semester)
Alaskan Geography,
Alaska - Maps, Maps, Maps, and
Alaska Studies I – Geography of Alaska
(A reference work for educators, offering lesson plans, mini units, student readings and more.)
Social Studies (Semester)
Alaska, the Last of the Land and the First
(Text, Workbook, Teacher Manual),
Alaska Studies Series - Unit II, History of Alaska.
(Aimed at intermediate, but can be adapted for use with more advanced students.) Meets Alaska Studies requirement and content standards.
Social Studies Supplements
Any Tonnage, Any Ocean: Conversations with a Resolute Alaskan,
Bridging Alaska: From the Big Delta to the Kenai,
Alaska Journey 1919-1934: An Adventurous Young Norwegian’s Comingof-
Age,
Kachemak Bay Years,
Miner, Preacher, Doctor, Teacher,
Family
After All: Alaska’s Jesse Lee Home, vol. 1, Unalaska 1889-1925,
Alaska’s
Jesse Lee Home, vol. 2, Seward 1925-1965,
Alaska Unit Study Guide:
Nonfiction Book and Lesson Plans,
Prescription for Adventure: Bush Pilot
Doctor,
Prescription for Finding Home in Alaska,
The Alaska Story of
Anna Bortel Church (dvd),
Intrigue of the Past: Discovering Archaeology
in Alaska,
Aunt Phil’s Trunk vol. 1 (1841-1898),
vol. 2 (1899-1911),
vol. 3 (1912-1934),
vol. 4 (1935-1960),
Aunt Phil’s Trunk of Alaska Trivia,
Alaska Sea Escapes, and
Alaska Dictionary and Pronunciation Guide.
Science (Each book can be a semester or year-long study, or lessons and
activities can be taken from several books for a semester study.)
Alaska’s Ecology,
Alaska’s Forests and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Tundra and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Wetlands and Wildlife,
Alaska’s Wildlife for the future, and
Alaska Ecology Cards.
Science Supplements
Shorebird Guide for Kachemak Bay and Homer, Alaska,
Zoobooks Seabirds, and
Kids' Guide to Common Alaska Critters
Cross Curricular
Alaska Sled Dog Theme Unit,
Alaskan Whales, and
Interdisciplinary Theme Unit.
Alaska Native Studies
Native People of Alaska,
Aleut Prehistory,
Athabascan Prehistory,
Eskimo Prehistory,
Southeastern Prehistory,
Early Times,
Alaska Natives of Note,
Koyukon Athabaskan Songs,
Northern Eskimo Stories,
Southeastern Stories,
Stories of the Aleutians and Kodiak, and
Stories from Tooksook Bay.
(Also good for Language Arts.)
Hands-on Learning (Supplements Social Studies)
Aleut Basket Weaving,
Beaver Trapping,
Birch Bark Basket Making,
Building a Dog Sled,
Building a Log Cabin,
How to Build Fishwheels,
How to Split, Dry & Smoke Salmon,
Making & Setting a Fishnet,
Making Snowshoes, and
Tanning Moosehide and Making Babish..
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