Alaska Studies

Daily Log of Class Activity and Assignments

Fall 2009

Wednesday, 8/19/2009:

  1. Handout and discuss class information.

  2. What are our class demographics? Survey the class with the questions and discuss what it says about Alaska's population.
    • How long have you lived in Alaska?
    • Are you associated with the military?
    • Do you consider Alaska home?
    • Do you expect to make your life here?
    • How would you classify your ethnicity or race?
    What general conclusions can be made from these data?

Thursday, 8/20/2009:

  1. Go over the aggregated data gathered yesterday. Conclusions coming from the data include -
  2. What implications do these demographic realities have for public policy in Alaska?
  3. What is an Alaskan? In pairs or triads and on a poster -

Friday, 8/21/2009:

  1. Share your drawing of an Alaskan with the whole class.
  2. Discuss the concept of stereotype: how they develop and their shortcomings.
  3. Work with the person or persons with whom you drew the Alaskan and examine data and information from our classes and the Anchorage School District:
  4. As you examine and compare the data, look for patterns and trends. List on a piece of paper the patterns, and trends you discover. Each one should be stated in a complete sentence.

Monday, 8/24/2009:

  1. What do you need to know about Alaska's population?
  2. Read in Our Alaska the following stories:
  3. As you read, take notes that allow you to participate in a discussion and a writing assignment about the Alaskan in each story.

Tuesday, 8/25/2009:

Complete the reading assignment from yesterday. Keep your notes and bring them to class, tomorrow.

Wednesday, 8/26/2009:

  1. Complete the Our Alaska reading assignment. Keep your notes for the present. Bring them to class tomorrow. You will use them then.
  2. Use the maps in the room to label the blank Alaska map I've given you. Label it with the places listed on the handout. Use this as a guide for study. Next week you will have a test to see how well you are able to locate properly these places. During the semester, you will have 3 or 4 map quizes on these locations. Also, you will be asked to locate some of these places on the comprehensive final.

Thursday, 8/27/2009:

  1. Demonstrate how to access grades and the daily log online.
  2. Write an essay describing and defining what it means to be an Alaskan. In your writing and to substantiate your conclusions, please reference the statistical data you've examined and the lives of the people you've read about. The basic prompt is -"Who is an Alaskan?"
  3. Complete the map location study guide begun yesterday.

Friday,8/28/2009:

  1. We are on activity schedule for the Homecoming Assembly at the end of the day.
  2. Due Monday, 8/31: Write an essay describing and defining what it means to be an Alaskan. In your writing and to substantiate your conclusions, please reference the statistical data you've examined and the lives of the people you've read about. The basic prompt is -"Who is an Alaskan?"
  3. On Thursday, September 10th, you will have the first map quiz.
  4. Go over the map locations to make sure you have located nthe features accurately.
  5. Why do we have such extremes of light and dark in the North? Demonstrate the factors which answer this question. Terms to know are -

Monday,8/31/2009:

  1. Turn in the essay "Who is an Alaskan?" Staple it to your notes on the four stories in Our Alaska.
  2. In the video series, Ecosystems of the Great Land, view the introduction. Over the next few days we will see segments on the tundra, tiaga, coastal forest, and oceans of Alaska.
  3. In the video series, Ecosystems of the Great Land, view the segment called Tundra.

Tuesday, 9/1/2009:

  1. Continue the video series, Ecosystems of the Great Land, view the segment called, Tiaga.
  2. View the segment called, Coastal Forest.

Wednesday, 9/2/2009:

  1. Review the main points from the past two days.
  2. Label new maps with ecosystems, regions, and major Native groups.
  3. Continue the video series, Ecosystems of the Great Land, view, with the segment called, Oceans .

Thursday, 9/3/2009:

  1. Illustrate some of the kinds of questions that will be on the ecosystem test. You will have that test in a week or so.
  2. Video: Man vs. Wild: The Alaska Mountain Range - a summary of everything important to know about the region...well, almost!

Friday, 9/4/2009:

  1. Discuss whether or not the President of the United States should be allowed to speak to public school students in the United States of America. Please see School can air Obama speech to students. Also of interest, is What President Obama Can Teach America's Kids by Bill O'Reilly.
  2. Examine the effects of glaciation on Alaska's landscape. Terms to know include -

Tuesday, 9/8/2009:

  1. Remember the first map quiz will be Thursday, 9/10.
  2. You will have your first test on Alaska's regions, ecosystems, Native groups, glaciation, and vulcanism on Tuesday, 9/15.
  3. Conclude the effects of glaciation on Alaska's landscape. Terms to know are those listed yesterday.
  4. View Crown of the Continent: Wrangel-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Notice the effects of glaciation.

Wednesday, 9/9/2009:

From the series Deadliest Catch, view The Last Lap. Look at the weather and climate of the Aleutian Region. Examine one business that thrives there

Thursday, 1/10/2009:

  1. The first map quiz will be tomorrow, Friday, 9/11.
  2. You will have your first test on Alaska's regions, ecosystems, Native groups, glaciation, and volcanoes on Tuesday, 9/15.
  3. Review your observations from yesterday's video, Deadliest Catch: The Last Lap. Describe the ecosystem, climate, weather, and the business of commercial crabbing.
  4. Look at volcanoes in Alaska.

Friday, 9/11/2009:

  1. On Monday, 9/14, I will provide you with a progress report either online or in hard-copy.
  2. Map Quiz #1.
  3. 911 Rememberance:

Monday, 9/14/2009:

  1. This evening, grades-to-date will be posted online in the same manner as last year. I will use this technique with weekly uploads, usually at week's end, to provide you with your grades. Emails will not be sent out as there are few emails addresses available in this application. Please check weekly and stay informed. I will continue to do this until the Zangle interface is up and working.
  2. Remember you will have your first test on Alaska's regions, ecosystems, Native groups, glaciation, and volcanoes on Tuesday, 9/15.
  3. Examine a map indicating the placement of the Bering Sea Land Bridge. Explain the theory of human habitation in the Americas.
  4. View a short video segment: The Mists of Time.
  5. You need to know the significance of the terms and concepts below:

Wednesday, 9/15/2009:

  1. Grades-to-date are now posted online in the same manner as last year. I will use this technique with weekly uploads, usually at week's end, to provide you with your grades. Emails will not be sent out as there are few emails addresses available in this old application. Please check weekly and stay informed. I will continue to do this until the Zangle interface is up and working.
  2. Quiz on Alaska's regions, ecosystems, Native groups, glaciation, seasons, and volcanoes.

Wednesday, 9/16/2009:

  1. Grades-to-date are now posted online in the same manner as last year. I will use this technique with weekly uploads, usually at week's end, to provide you with your grades. Emails will not be sent out as there are few emails addresses available in this old application. Please check weekly and stay informed. I will continue to do this until the Zangle interface is up and working.
  2. You need to know the significance of the terms and concepts below:
  3. Begin the documentary film, Nanook of the North. This is a silent classic made before 1920. It depicts the life of the Inupiat people who lived around Canada's Hudson Bay. While the film is not about the Native people of Alaska, it will give you insight into the life of North America's far north people. With some exceptions, Alaska's far north Inupiat lived a similar life. While you view the film, you are to fill-in a chart having the following categories:

    Nanook of the North

food - clothing - tools - shelter - transportation - environment - relations with others

3. As you view the film, write your observations under the appropriate category. In other words, what kind of clothing do you see being worn? Describe it? Do men and women wear different garments? Be descriptive and detailed in the notes you write on the chart.

4. When you have seen the film, you will have a writing assignment that will have you describe in detail the life of these people. You will turn in both the notes and the writing assignment. The more detail you have in your notes, the more material you will have available for the writing assignment.

Thursday, 9/17/2009:

  1. September 17, 1787 is Constitution Day.
  2. Grades-to-date are now posted online in the same manner as last year. I will use this technique with weekly uploads, usually at week's end, to provide you with your grades. Emails will not be sent out as there are few emails addresses available in this old application. Please check weekly and stay informed. I will continue to do this until the Zangle interface is up and working.
  3. Continue Nanook of the North. The people of the North are called Inupiat and Eskimo. What do these names means?

Friday, 9/18/2009:

  1. Grades-to-date are now posted online in the same manner as last year. I will use this technique with weekly uploads, usually at week's end, to provide you with your grades. Emails will not be sent out as there are few emails addresses available in this old application. Please check weekly and stay informed. I will continue to do this until the Zangle interface is up and working.
  2. Conclude Nanook of the North. Answer your questions. Discussion.
  3. Use your charts and the information you gathered to write approximately 300-500 words on the following prompt:

Monday, 9/21/2009:

  1. Grades-to-date are now posted online in the same manner as last year. I will use this technique with weekly uploads, usually at week's end, to provide you with your grades. Emails will not be sent out as there are few emails addresses available in this old application. Please check weekly and stay informed. I will continue to do this until the Zangle interface is up and working.
  2. Reminder: The writing assignment on Nanook of the North made Friday is due no-later-than this Wednesday, 9/23.
  3. View a short video segment: Age of Discovery. Discussion. Comments.
  4. Notes on the Russian discovery of Alaska. Terms, persons, and concepts to know include -

Tuesday, 9/22/2009

  1. Below from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the solstice and equinox schedule for 2009 and 2010.
  2. In pairs or alone work on the Russian-America Document Analysis using the documents contained in the Russian American Reader.

Wednesday, 9/23/2009:

  1. Turn in the Nanook essay. Staple the essay on top of the notes from the video and turn in both.
  2. Go over extra-credit opportunities for the semester at the Eagle River Nature Center.
  3. Complete the assignment from yesterday: Russian-America Document Analysis . When you complete the process of analysis, use the analysis to write approximately one-page that describes how Russian colonization affected Alaska.
  4. Bring this completed assignment to class tomorrow.

 

Thursday, 9/24/2009:

  1. Go over the Russian-America Document Analysis using the documents contained in the Russian American Reader. Examine your analysis and conclusions. Turn-in the assignment.
  2. Notes on Russian Colonization. Terms, persons, and concepts to know include -
  3. Mr. Kirby Senden is a guide on Mt. McKinley and has climbed it several times: the first time when he was fifteen. Tomorrow, he will be in class to tell us about his adventures.

Friday, 9/25/2009:

  1. Today, I will upload current grades as I have done for the past few weeks.. You can check them on my website using the password from last year. I have been providing your grades this way because the Zangle Interface has not been working. I understand Zangle is now working, therefore this is the last time I will use this method to post your grades. From next week on grades will be on Zangle, only. A parent or guardian will need to come to the school to pick up the password and other login information. They may pick it up from the counseling office.
  2. Mr. Senden will not be here, today. We have rescheduled his presentation for next Friday.
  3. Return graded papers. Go over answers to the quiz. Comments on how you may improve.
  4. Tell the story of Captain James Cook. Terms, dates, and persons to know include -

Monday,9/28/2009:

  1. Begin viewing Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice.
  2. You will be divided into five teams. You will take notes according to the following guidelines:

Tuesday, 9/29/2009:

  1. Conclude viewing Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice.
  2. You are divided into five teams. You will take notes according to the following guidelines:
  3. Report and discuss your notes.

Wednesday, 9/30/2009:

  1. Consider these questions about the Franklin Expedition. Answer them in complete sentences. Turn in the notes on the documentary and these responses.
  2. Can you think of examples in Alaska, today, where we make mistakes similar to those of the Franklin Expedition? Discussion.

Thursday, 10/1/2009:

  1. What does the Franklin Expedition have to do with Alaska?
  2. Comments on Roald Amundsen and the Northwest Passage. Why was he successful where the British were not?
  3. What would you need to survive in an emergency? In fours follow the directions on the handout, Icy Survival. Staple together your team's papers and turn them in.
  4. For tomorrow, we will have a guest speaker: Mr. Kirby Senden is a guide on Mt. McKinley and has climbed it several times; the first time when he was fifteen. He will be in class to tell us about his adventures.

Friday,10/2/2009:

  1. Please check your grades and scores on both Easy Grade Pro, from the link on my website, and Zangle from the ASD site. As Zangle has had problems, I've been posting grades on both. I want to transition to use Zangle only and avoid the double-entry. Please verify the entries are correct.
  2. Guest speaker: Mr. Kirby Senden is a guide on Mt. McKinley and has climbed it several times; the first time when he was fifteen. He will be in class to tell us about his adventures.

Monday,10/5/2009:

  1. Please check your grades and scores on both Easy Grade Pro, from the link on my website, and Zangle from the ASD site. As Zangle has had problems, I've been posting grades on both. I want to transition to use Zangle only and avoid the double-entry. Please verify the entries are correct.
  2. Go to extra-credit opportunities if you are interested in your one opportunity for the semester.
  3. On Monday, 10/12, you will have -
  4. Comments or questions about Mr. Senden's presentation.
  5. Go over the Icy Survival assignment from Friday. How do your conclusions match my conclusions?
  6. Handout the reading: Russia's Alaska Colony. Read it in class and for tomorrow identify and underline the main points and main persons in the article.

Tuesday, 10/6/2009:

  1. Please check your grades and scores on both Easy Grade Pro, from the link on my website, and Zangle from the ASD site. As Zangle has had problems, I've been posting grades on both. I want to transition to use Zangle only and avoid the double-entry. Please verify the entries are correct.
  2. Quizzes on Monday, 10/12:
  3. Are there questions on the reading, Russia's Alaska Colony. What is written about Russian influence in the Anchorage and Eagle River areas? The quiz Monday on Russian-America will include this reading and the notes from class.
  4. Notes on the story of the sale of Alaska. You need to know the terms, dates, and person's listed below:
  5. What are three reasons why the Russians sold Russian-America?
  6. What two reasons explain why the United States bought Alaska?

Wednesday, 10/7/2009:

  1. Look at the Banned-Book Display on the wall outside the library in the vending-machine hallway.
  2. Create a map placemat like you might find in a restaurant that caters to tourists. The placemat should be colorful, neat, interesting, attractive, and accurate. Use the Alaska Almanac and the maps available in-class. You'll be able to finish it in class, tomorrow. Label on the map the following-

Thursday, 10/8/2009

  1. Work on the placemat assignment from yesterday. You will have class time to finish it, tomorrow.
  2. Tomorrow, bring notes and materials to study for the quiz on Russian-America and for Map Quiz #2.

Friday, 10/9/2009:

  1. Map Quiz #2 and the Russian-America Quiz is Monday, 10/12.
  2. Study tips:
  3. Complete and turn-in the placemat assignment.

Monday, 10/12/2009:

  1. Remember, you may have only one extra-credit opportunities during the semester.
  2. Quizzes: Russian-America Quiz and Map Quiz #2.
  3. For tomorrow, read Parnell Unveils Major Education Initiative. Identify and underline the main points of the initiative.

Tuesday, 10/13/2009:

  1. See the map of the trails around Eagle River High School.
  2. Examine Parnell Unveils Major Education Initiative.
  3. Tomorrow, we will deal with your questions and concerns and act as a legislature to write a law addressing these issues. We will communicate our concerns to our local legislators.

Wednesday, 10/14/2009:

  1. Sit with the group you were with yesterday. I'll return the papers you gaveto me yesterday.
  2. Question and answer session and whole-class discussion: Ask me the questions you have about the proposal and I'll tell you what I know about the issue or potential issue involved.
  3. You have read the Governor's proposal, the editorial in the Anchorage Daily News, and e-comments made by people on the website of the Anchorage Daily News. Your task is to improve the Governor's proposal or write your own. Consider the following questions as you discuss your proposal:
  4. For your proposal, complete the following:

Thursday, 10/15/2009:

  1. Work in your group to complete your proposal.
  2. I will be sending your proposals to Senator Fred Dyson and Representative Anna Fairclough. Also, I will invite them to class to talk with you about your proposals and other State issues.
  3. Tomorrow, I will enter your 1st Quarter grades on Zangle and in Easy Grade Pro. Please verify both gradebooks are correct. After parent conferences, I will stop using Easy Grade Pro and use only Zangle.

Monday, 10/19/2009:

  1. Turn in your proposals. Discussion.
  2. Is UAA a joke? Anybody can get in? What's the joke? Anybody can get into ERHS, does that make it a joke?
  3. Return graded papers. Go over the Russian-America Quiz.
  4. Using the reader, Gold Rush Documents , examine the "Timeline of the Alaskan Gold Rush." Highlight gold discoveries in Alaska, including those in Juneau, Nome, and Fairbanks, and the Klondike Gold Rush in Yukon.
  5. Tell the story of the Klondike gold strike. Here are the terms, persons, concepts, and dates to identify -

Tuesday, 10/20/2009:

  1. Discuss the announcement from the federal justice department that the federal government will not prosecute medical marijuana users who are in compliance with the laws of their state: Alaskans can toke up for medical reasons. Discuss issues of federalism and from Alaska's Constitution, the right to privacy.
  2. Remember that many of the terms, dates, persons and facts to know are in the daily log.
  3. Look at pictures of the Chilkoot Pass Route to Dawson City.
  4. Define for your notes the following terms and concepts as they apply to Alaska.

Wednesday, 10/21/2009:

  1. Review the following terms and concepts as they apply to Alaska.
  2. In, Alaska as an American Colony Reader, read "Nome's Early Years." Using the reading, answer the questions on the handout, Nome: A City of Boom and Bust.

Thursday, 10/22/2009:

  1. Discuss the assignment from yesterday.
  2. Again, emphasize the following concepts as they apply to Alaska. Note how they are present in the case study of Nome.
  3. On the back of your worksheet answers to Nome: A City of Boom and Bust, respond to the following prompt:
  4. Look at an overview of the period after purchase in the segment, "Folly or Fortune?" in the Alaska History Series. See how the colonial exploitation theme continues with the Pribilof fur seals and the salmon fisheries.

Friday, 10/23/2009:

  1. Because of the continued difficulties with the Zangle application, from this moment on I will not be using it. I will continue to used Easy Grade Pro and will upload grades every week.
  2. Return graded papers and go over the last test.
  3. View an overview of the period after purchase in the segment, "Mary Nell: The Adventures of a Pioneer " in the Alaska History Series. See highlights of Alaska history from the gold strike at Nome in to statehood.

Monday, 10/26/2009:

  1. Notes on the founding of Anchorage and the New Deal's effect on Alaska.
  2. Show the video, Building the Alaska Highway. Answer the following questions as you watch.

Tuesday, 10/27/2009:

  1. Examine a 1943 map of the Alaska Highway.
  2. Complete the video, Building the Alaska Highway. Answer the following questions as you watch.
  3. Discussion/Questions?
  4. Here is an article, Reindeer processing unit moved to Western Alaska, about the current state of the reindeer industry that began in the 1930's.
  5. Here is another article, Baracks With Bath. It is a Time Magazine article from August 31, 1942 on the highway's construction.

Wednesday, 10/28/2009:

Work in pairs or triads to examine the five maps posted about the room and complete the Anchorage Map Survey Worksheet. Turn in.

Thursday, 10/29/2009:

No class. Standardized testing and parent conferences.

Friday, 10/30/2009:

No class. In service.

Monday, 11/2/2009:

  1. Comments on the comming of World War II to Alaska. Begin the the video documentary, Alaska at War. As you view the video, these are some of the events, terms, and names important to know. You need not memorize the dates. They are listed in chronological order so you can see how events unfolded.
  2. The basic questions for you to be able answer are -
  3. Handout: Alaska at War. Read for tomorrow. As you read, highlight significant facts and concepts.

Tuesday,11/3/2009:

  1. Conclude the video, Alaska at War.
  2. Go over the events, terms, and names posted in yesterday's log.

Wednesday, 11/4/2009:

  1. Your next test will include Gold Strikes, the establishment of Anchorage, Alaska and the New Deal, the building of the Alaska Highway, and World War II in Alaska. It will be on Monday, 11/9. It will consist of fill-in-the-blanks and short written responses to prompts I'll give you.
  2. Review the information from the reading, Alaska at War.
  3. Comments on wartime Anchorage.
  4. Review how Alaska was affected by the war? What are the significant facts and concepts in the reading, Alaska at War?
  5. Read the following document and write a response to the questions. Discussion.
  6. For tomorrow, read Letter to the Editor of the Nome Nugget and write a response to the questions below.

Thursday, 11/5/2009:

  1. Go over the Letter to the Editor of the Nome Nugget. See a biography of Alberta Schenck.
  2. Terms, organizations, events, and persons include -
  3. View the video, When My Spirit Raised Its Hands, about Elizabeth Peratrovich and the Alaska Civil Rights Act of 1945. The debate that took place in the territorial legislature is recounted in An Account of the Debate on the Anti-Discrimination Legislation.
  4. For tomorrow, bring the handouts and notes from the last few days that have dealt with civil rights. You will have a writing assignment and may use them.

Friday,11/6/2009:

  1. Your next test will include Gold Strikes, the establishment of Anchorage, Alaska and the New Deal, the building of the Alaska Highway, and World War II in Alaska. It is postponed until Tuesday, 11/10. It will consist of fill-in-the-blanks and short written responses to prompts I'll give you.
  2. Examine the Alaska Civil Rights Act, 1945.
  3. Writing assignment:

Monday, 11/9/2009:

  1. Remember - Quix tomorrow on Gold Strikes, the establishment of Anchorage, Alaska and the New Deal, the building of the Alaska Highway, and World War II in Alaska. It will consist of fill-in-the-blanks and short written responses to prompts I'll give you.
  2. Turn-in the writing assignment made Friday: "Describe Jim Crow in Alaska and how the Alaska Civil Rights Act of 1945 was achieved."
  3. Use ELMO to project pictures showing the development of Anchorage. See how it has changed from the earliest times until today.
  4. Reflect upon the history of Alaska as you know it. List reasons why Alaska should become a state. Report and discuss.
  5. Discussion and notes on -
  6. Read Modern Alaska: Statehood. For Monday, underline or otherwise highlight the main points and issues in the reading.

Tuesday, 11/10//2009:

Test as announced.

Wednesday, 11/11/2009:

Students view A Constitution for Alaska and complete and go over the video guide questions.

Thursday, 11/12/2009:

Read and answer the questions on Ernest Gruening's Speech, Let Us Now End American Colonialism.

Friday, 11/13/2009:

Read and answer the questions on Ernest Gruening's Speech, Let Us Now End American Colonialism. Bring your answers to class on Monday.

Monday, 11/16/2009:

  1. Turn-in the questions on Ernest Gruening's Speech, Let Us Now End American Colonialism.
  2. Organize students into small groups. To each group, handout the Constitution of the State of Alaska and a fictional lawsuit entitled, Peters and Abrams, et al. vs. The State of Alaska. Follow the instructions on the handout. Turn-in your group's responses.

Tuesday, 11/17/2009:

  1. Discuss your decision in the fictional lawsuit entitled, Peters and Abrams, et al. vs. The State of Alaska.
  2. Handout the Constitution of the State of Alaska and a copy of the Bill of Rights of the United States. Use both to answer questions on Alaska Constitution's Article 1 - Declaration of Rights. You may help one another answer the questions from the handout but each of you needs to write the answers on your own paper.

Wednesday, 11/18/2009:

Work on the Constitution of the State of Alaska assignment from yesterday. Answer the questions on Alaska Constitution's Article 1 - Declaration of Rights. You may work in pairs or individually. Complete and bring to class, tomorrow.

Thursday, 11/19/2009:

  1. Use your answers to the questions from yesterday to answer, in small groups, the following questions based upon what you find in the Declaration of Rights. For each answer the question "yes" or "no" and provide a constitutional basis for your decision. A "constitutional basis" means you will need to refer to one or more of the rights in the Declaration of Rights to explain and justify your decision.
  2. Turn-in the assignment from yesterday and the group wok from today.

Friday, 11/20/2009:

Go over the activity from yesterday and the individual assignment on the Declaration of Rights.

Monday, 11/23/2009:

  1. Return tests and graded papers. Go over the last test.
  2. The next map test and the test on Statehood and the Constitution of Alaska will be Wednesday, 12/2/2009.
  3. View The 49th Star: Sewards Folly. This is an overview and review of what we have been studying about Statehood and the Constitution. Your reaction to what you see should be, "I know that!"
  4. Terms to know:

Tuesday, 11/24/2009:

  1. Complete The 49th Star video. Discussion.
  2. Additional terms and concepts for the test include -

Wednesday, 11/25/2009:

Guest speaker: Officer Steve Boltz and the laws of Alaska

Monday, 11/30/2009:

  1. I will be away until 12/14. Discuss what is to be on the final exam. We will review for the final on 12/14 and 12/15. Your final exam will be on 12/16 or 12/17.
  2. The next map test and the test on Statehood and the Constitution of Alaska will be Wednesday, 12/2/2009.
  3. You may work together to answer these questions but each of you should write answers on your own paper. The answers are in Articles 2 through Article 15 of the Constitution of the State of Alaska.

Tuesday, 12/1/2009:

  1. Complete and go over the assignment from yesterday.
  2. The mapquiz and the test on Statehood and the Constitution of Alaska will be tomorrow. You may use notes written on the small card I give you.

Wednesday, 12/2/2009:

Map quiz and a test over Statehood and the Constitution.

Thursday, 12/3/2009:

  1. Handout the Timeline of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Use it to follow events as you view the video documentary, The Alaska Pipeline.
  2. As you view the video identify the major events that led to its construction. What two major obstacles were placed in the way of pipeline construction?

Friday, 12/4/2009:

  1. Conclude the documentary, The Alaska Pipeline.
  2. Examine your notes to answer the following question: " What were the major events and circumstances that led to the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline?"

Monday, 12/7/2009:

Handout the booklet, An Alaskan’s Guide to the Permanent Fund, and the questions that go along with it. You may work together to answer the questions. Each of you should keep your answers.

Tuesday, 12/8/2009:

Complete and go over the assignment from yesterday.

Wednesday, 12/9/2009:

Assign and begin work on The 5 Most Important Things to Know about Alaska are...

Thursday, 12/10/2009:

Continue work on The 5 Most Important Things to Know about Alaska are...

Friday, 12/11/2009:

  1. Conclude The 5 Most Important Things to Know about Alaska are...
  2. Be prepared to present your project on Monday.

Monday, 12/14/2009:

Talk about Mongolia and my trip.

Tuesday, 12/15/2009:

  1. Present and turn-in The 5 Most Important Things to Know about Alaska are...
  2. All grades will be updated and uploaded this afternoon. Please check to ensure they are accurate. Please see me if you have a question.
  3. Preview the final exam:
    • You may use notes on a 3"X5" card.
    • You will be asked to draw a diagram that illustrates how the Permanernt Fund works.

Wednesday, 12/16/2009:

Final exams for Periods 1, 2, 3.

Thursday, 12/17/2009:

Final exams for Periods 4, 5, 6.