Alaskan Adventure Land of the Midnight Sun

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Alaskan AdventureLand of the Midnight Sun

• Week of September 25, 2006
• Carla Bryant-Beryl Henry Elementary

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Learning Standards

• Social Studies
• P.P. E. 1.1, 1.3,1.7
• Gifted and Talented
• 5.0 Elaboration
• 6.0 Application
• 1.0 Analysis
• 2.0 Synthesis

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Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to discuss why humans
  migrated to Alaska from Asia
• Students will be able to discuss how natural
  resources influenced inhabitation of Alaska
• Students will be able to discuss why Alaska is
  one of the last great frontiers and unexplored
  wildernesses in the world

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United Streaming Video ClipMigration to Alaska
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Learning Activities

• Brain Boosters
• Pictorial Presentation
• Fun Facts Trivia
• Alaska Website Exploration
• Writing Activities
• Hands-on fur activities
• Power-point presentation with United Streaming
  Video Clip
• Scavenger Hunt

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Brain Booster-Who Took Which?

• Logic Fran, Larry, Bob, and Nancy went to the
  dog shelter. They saw four puppies.
• Frisky and Pal were black with pointy
  ears.Snoopy and Wiggles were white with floppy
  ears.Frisky and Snoopy were sleeping.Pal and
  Wiggles were playing.
• Fran didn't want a black puppy.Larry didn't want
  a puppy with floppy ears.Bob didn't pick a puppy
  that was sleeping.Nancy took the puppy that Bob
  and Fran didn't want.
• Who took which puppy?

• Nancy took Frisky.
• Larry took Pal.
• Fran took Snoopy.
• Bob took Wiggles

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Brain Booster-Batting Practice?

• Word Letter Play  Jack and Jill were
  practicing batting. Jack's first time at bat, he
  hit 75 out of a hundred pitches thrown by Jill.
  Then Jill hit 75 out of a hundred pitches thrown
  by Jack. After a little break, Jack took a second
  turn at bat. Jill threw him 50 pitches, and he
  hit 35 of them. Jill was tired, so she didn't
  take a second turn at bat. Who had the best
  average for the day Jack or Jill?

• Jill had the best average.
• She hit 75 out of 100 pitches, for an average of
  75. Jack hit 75 out of 100 pitches in his first
  round. Then he hit 35 out of 50 pitches in his
  second round. Add his hits in both rounds (75
  35) for a total of 110 hits. Then add the total
  number of pitches Jill threw to Jack (100 in
  round one 50 in round 2) for a total of 150
  pitches. Finally, divide Jack's total number of
  hits (110) by the total number of pitches (150)
  to get his average for both rounds.
• The result is 73.3, which is lower than Jill's
  average of 75.

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United Streaming Video ClipThe Jeff Corwin
Experience, Alaska, An Extreme Environment
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Fun Facts Trivia

• Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when
  Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it
  on a voyage from Siberia.  
• Russian whalers and fur traders on Kodiak Island
  established the first settlement in Alaska in
  1784.  
• In 1867 United States Secretary of State William
  H. Seward offered Russia 7,200,000, or two cents
  per acre, for Alaska.  
• On October 18, 1867 Alaska officially became the
  property of the United States. Many Americans
  called the purchase "Seward's Folly."  
• Joe Juneau's 1880 discovery of gold ushered in
  the gold rush era.  
• In 1943 Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, which
  started the One Thousand Mile War, the first
  battle fought on American soil since the Civil
  War.  
• Alaska officially became the 49th state on
  January 3, 1959.  
• Alaska's most important revenue source is the oil
  and natural gas industry.  
• Alaska accounts for 25 of the oil produced in
  the United States.  
• The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska
  425 times.  
• Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is
  North America's largest oil field.  
• The Trans-Alaska Pipeline moves up to 88,000
  barrels of oil per hour on its 800 mile journey
  to Valdez.  
• The fishing and seafood industry is the state's
  largest private industry employer.  

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Fun Facts Trivia continued

• An unnamed draftsman created the state seal in
  1910. It consists of a rising sun shining on
  forests, lake, fishing and shipping boats, and
  agricultural and mining activities.  
• The state motto is North to the Future.  
• The jade is the official state gemstone.  
• Gold is the official state mineral. It was named
  the state mineral in 1968.  
• The four-spot skimmer dragonfly is the official
  state insect.  
• In 1926 13-year-old Bennie Benson from Cognac,
  Alaska designed the state flag.  
• Alaska has been called America's Last Frontier.
   
• Every four years Alaskans elect a Governor and a
  Lieutenant Governor to four-year terms.  
• The Alaska State Legislature is made up of a
  Senate and a House of Representatives.  
• Twenty senators are elected to four-year terms
  forty representatives serve two-year terms.  
• Alaska's Constitution was adopted in 1956 and
  became effective in 1959 making it the 49th
  state.  
• Nearly one-third of Alaska lies within the Arctic
  Circle.  
• The Alaska Highway was originally built as a
  military supply road during World War II.  
• The state boasts the lowest population density in
  the nation.  
• The discovery of gold in the Yukon began a gold
  rush in 1898. Later gold was discovered at Nome
  and Fairbanks.

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United Streaming Video ClipAlaskas Purchase
(Sewards Folly)
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Fun Facts Trivia Continued

• Most of America's salmon, crab, halibut, and
  herring come from Alaska.  
• The term Alaska native refers to Alaska's
  original inhabitants including Aleut, Eskimo and
  Indian groups.  
• The wild forget-me-not is the official state
  flower. The Territorial Legislature adopted it in
  1917.  
• The willow ptarmigan is the official state bird.
  The Territorial Legislature adopted it in 1955.
   
• The Sitka spruce is the official state tree. The
  Territorial Legislature adopted it in 1962.  
• Dog mushing is the official state sport. The
  Alaska Legislature adopted it in 1972.
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• Alaska is a geographical marvel. When a scale map
  of Alaska is superimposed on a map of the 48
  lower states, Alaska extends from coast to coast.
   
• The state's coastline extends over 6,600 miles.
   
• Alaska is the United State's largest state and is
  over twice the size of Texas. Measuring from
  north to south the state is approximately 1,400
  miles long and measuring from east to west it is
  2,700 miles wide.  
• Agattu, Attu, and Kiska are the only parts of
  North America occupied by Japanese troops during
  World War II.

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Fun Facts Trivia continued

• Oil is the state's most valuable natural
  resource. The area includes what is thought to be
  the largest oil field in North America.  
• In 1986 Mount Augustine erupted near Anchorage.
   
• Alaska's geographic center is 60 miles northwest
  of Mount McKinley.  
• The Tongass National Forest is the largest
  national forest in the United States.  
• 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the United States
  are located in Alaska.  
• At 20,320 feet above sea level, Mt. McKinley,
  located in Alaska's interior, is the highest
  point in North America.  
• Juneau is the only capital city in the United
  States accessible only by boat or plane.  
• The state's largest city is Anchorage the second
  largest is Fairbanks.  
• The Alaska Range is the largest mountain chain in
  the state. It covers from the Alaska Peninsula to
  the Yukon Territory.  
• In 1915 the record high temperature in Alaska was
  100 degrees Fahrenheit at Fort Yukon the record
  low temperature was -80 degrees Fahrenheit at
  Prospect Creek Camp in 1971.  
• The Alaskan malamute sled dog is strong and
  heavily coated. It was developed as a breed by a
  group of Eskimos named the Malemiuts.  
• Alaska's name is based on the Eskimo word
  Alakshak meaning great lands or peninsula

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Alaska Websites

• The State of Alaska
• Alaska Facts

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Scavenger Hunt

• Go to the State of Alaska Visitors Information
  Center at Alaska Office of Economic Development
  http//www.dced.state.ak.us/tourism/student.htm.
  Use information you find at that site to answer
  each of the following questions
• Questions
• What is the capital of Alaska? What is the
  state's most populous city?
• What causes the aurora borealis?
• What are the five regions of Alaska?
• What are three of the most popular methods of
  transportation in Alaska today?
• What are Alaska's three most important
  industries?
• When did Alaska become a state?
• How, and when, did the U.S. acquire Alaska? What
  is its nickname today?
• About how many earthquakes happen in Alaska each
  year? How many glaciers are in Alaska?
• What is Alaska's official state land animal?
• How many stars are on the Alaska state flag?

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United Streaming Video ClipJeff Corwin, More of
Alaskas Wildlife
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Writing Activity

• How do you feel about the Alaskan Land Purchase?
  Do you agree with calling it Sewards Folly?

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Final Activities

• Complete Scavenger Hunt
• Writing Activity
• Travel Poster Project (Last week)