Unit Outline


Anchorage's Russian Jack Spring

 

 

 

 


Moose

 

 

 

 

 


Chugach Mountains

 

 

 

 

 


Northern Lights

 

 

 

Day 1
Introductory Lesson


Day 2

Social Studies:  History of the Iditarod
Language Arts:  What is a Musher?
Science:  History of the Alaskan Husky
 

Day 3
Math:  Averages
Language Arts:  Musher Madness
Social Studies: The Purchase of Alaska and Seward's Folly
 

Day 4
Language Arts:  How to Write a Bibliography
Social Studies: The Gold Rush
Math:  Fahrenheit vs. Celsius
 

Day 5
Science:  Northern Lights
Language Arts:  State Brochures
Bible:  Effects of Sin


Day 6
Science:  Environmental Issues
Social Studies/Art: Topographic Maps

Day 7
Science:  Wintry Conditions
Bible:  Redemption and Caretakers
Social Studies/Art:  Alaska’s Native Population


Day 8
Social Studies/Art:  Scrimshaw/Soap Carvings
Science:  Preparing for the Weather
Math:  Igloo Building


Day 9
Social Studies:  DeNali National Park
Science:  Animals of Alaska

Day 10
Language Arts:  Animal Poems
Math:  Graphing Race Results


Day 11
Portfolio and Reflections
Projects


Day 12
Open House
Closing Lesson

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