Gruening Middle School Library
Alaska and Anchorage
- Alaska
- ¤Official
State of Alaska homepage:
try using the links to Alaska Facts and Visitor Info and Kid's
Web Stuff for information on Alaska
- ¤Mammals:
this site from Enchanted Learning covers mammals in general.
- ¤"Alaska
History": this site
is sponsored by the Anchorage School District, the Cook Inlet
Tribal Council and CTG. It provides lessons, maps, a timeline,
a glossary and more all on Alaska history.
- ¤"Alaska:
A Nation within a State"
this site was created for ThinkQuest and has great information
on Alaska. Headings include: geography, wildlife, government,
people, and more. Click on the link to visit the site, then choose
the newer browser link.
- ¤The "Women
in Alaska's History" page was created for ThinkQuest.
It is divided into time periods from early history to today.
There is information on groups of women and individuals.
- ¤"Animals of the Arctic" is a Thinkquest Junior site that covers
many Alaskan animals.
-
Anchorage:
- ¤The Municipality of Anchorage:
Everything you want to know about Anchorage can be found here.
For specific departments use the Go to Destination bar and pick the
department you would like then click go.
- ¤Anchorage
School District: Get information
on buses, what's for lunch, every school in the district and
a lot more!
- ¤Anchorage Municipal Libraries: you can find information here on library
hours and the resources and collection at the library. There
is also a link to the catalog near the top in the middle.
- ¤The
Anchorage Daily News: Today's
paper is available from the homepage and you can access articles
from the last week using a free search function. To have access
to anything older than last week, a subscription is needed or
you must provide payment information.
- ¤The
Anchorage Press: This is
a weekly publication and the current edition is available on
the home page. Past features, editorials, letters, and opinion
pieces are available by using the search feature.