Unit 4: America's Territory (1867 - 1958)
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"To Build a Fire" by Jack London (1890)
This is both a movie and a short story. Short animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzRrPQJlUwM Listen to Story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkGq-IrV2Pk Very Simple Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gF9jKtAyiU Original full text americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf Read Aloud with moving text www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyVMNShdAc Easier, slower version Read Aloud with text (Best for ELAP students) www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2gaVgzybuA |
The Klondike Gold Rush (1896 - 1899)
- Play the simulation here: www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/klondike/English/game.html
- Ride the White Pass and Yukon Railroad! (9 mins) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxFJgI3I89M
- View photographs from the Historic Chilkoot Trail - path to the Klondike Gold Fields: www.packerexpeditions.com/gallery/historic-chilkoot-trail-gallery/nggallery/slideshow
- View images and short videos about the Gold Rush: klondike-history.discovery.com
- Trails through Canada: www.mysteriesofcanada.com/yukon/klondike-gold-rush-part-5-dawson/
- americasbesthistory.com/abh-klondikegold.html
- Short video about the Gold Rush with images (3 mins): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFflJCrZtGE
- Narrated photographs from 1896 - 1898 (9 mins): www.youtube.com/watch?v=wotxPTqKdCo
- Stories about the Gold Rush - Easier reading level: education.alaska.gov/temp_lam_pages/library/goldrush/index.htm
Whaling in Alaska
- www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-whaling.htm
- www.mensjournal.com/features/articles/the-last-whale-hunt-for-a-vanishing-village-kivalina-alaska-w443825
- www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/us/in-sacred-whale-hunt-eskimos-use-modern-tools.html
- www.north-slope.org/departments/wildlife-management/studies-and-research-projects/bowhead-whales/bowhead-whale-subsistence-harvest-research#QAtakeBHW
- www.aewc-alaska.com/home.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Whaling_Commission
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DdDYw3RKSc
World War II in Alaska (1941 - 1945)
Reading
Easiest reading: www.alaskakids.org/index.cfm/know-alaska/Alaska-History/World-War-II
from Ak History and Cultural Studies Course: www.akhistorycourse.org/americas-territory/alaskas-heritage/chapter-4-7-alaskans-and-the-world
Classic photos from WWII: time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/
Kodiak Military History from WWII: www.kadiak.org/woody_is/index.html
Timeline of AK Military Events: www.kadiak.org/timeline.html
Videos
Japanese bomb Dutch Harbor (2 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwwdJC8v6AE
Japanese Invasion of Attu (3 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9fJUxZJU4
Japanese Landing on Kiska (5 minutes): www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-imperial-japanese-navy-5th-fleet-lands-occupation-news-footage/505513879 and www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlsnhYbMZA
US Planes Bomb Kiska (2 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVBWxcEpihU
Alaska Veterans Remember Aleutian Campaign (4 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsv3D4Qqptg
Longer Documentary "Report from the Aleutians" (45 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh-uunv1nMw
The Akutan Zero (3 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNuQBRB6hI
Aleut Internment (1942 - 45)
www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/historyculture/unangan-internment.htm
www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/21/516277507/the-other-wwii-american-internment-atrocity
www.adn.com/we-alaskans/article/forgotten-internment/2014/11/09/
ALCAN Highway
FIRST VIDEO: Building the Alaska Highway (Al-Can Highway)www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4KmlhuXtC8
SECOND VIDEO : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4NlBx0lBA (9 minutes)
THIRD Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4KmlhuXtC8
Short Reading: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/alaska-building/
Detailed reading sites
www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-kiska-where-allied-forces-suffered-313-casualties-against-a-ghost-enemy-2015-10
warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/bitter-cold-bitter-war-the-aleutian-islands-in-wwii/
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-aleutian-islands
www.explorenorth.com/library/military/nps-wwii_in_alaska.pdf
www.nps.gov/articles/world-war-ii-in-alaska.htm
Reading
Easiest reading: www.alaskakids.org/index.cfm/know-alaska/Alaska-History/World-War-II
from Ak History and Cultural Studies Course: www.akhistorycourse.org/americas-territory/alaskas-heritage/chapter-4-7-alaskans-and-the-world
Classic photos from WWII: time.com/22030/aleutian-islands-campaign-rare-and-classic-photos-from-wwii/
Kodiak Military History from WWII: www.kadiak.org/woody_is/index.html
Timeline of AK Military Events: www.kadiak.org/timeline.html
Videos
Japanese bomb Dutch Harbor (2 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwwdJC8v6AE
Japanese Invasion of Attu (3 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9fJUxZJU4
Japanese Landing on Kiska (5 minutes): www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-imperial-japanese-navy-5th-fleet-lands-occupation-news-footage/505513879 and www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlsnhYbMZA
US Planes Bomb Kiska (2 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVBWxcEpihU
Alaska Veterans Remember Aleutian Campaign (4 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsv3D4Qqptg
Longer Documentary "Report from the Aleutians" (45 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh-uunv1nMw
The Akutan Zero (3 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNuQBRB6hI
Aleut Internment (1942 - 45)
www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/historyculture/unangan-internment.htm
www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/21/516277507/the-other-wwii-american-internment-atrocity
www.adn.com/we-alaskans/article/forgotten-internment/2014/11/09/
ALCAN Highway
FIRST VIDEO: Building the Alaska Highway (Al-Can Highway)www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4KmlhuXtC8
SECOND VIDEO : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4NlBx0lBA (9 minutes)
THIRD Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4KmlhuXtC8
Short Reading: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/alaska-building/
Detailed reading sites
www.businessinsider.com/battle-of-kiska-where-allied-forces-suffered-313-casualties-against-a-ghost-enemy-2015-10
warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/bitter-cold-bitter-war-the-aleutian-islands-in-wwii/
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-aleutian-islands
www.explorenorth.com/library/military/nps-wwii_in_alaska.pdf
www.nps.gov/articles/world-war-ii-in-alaska.htm
The Path to Statehood (1959)
Suggested Websites for Digital Timeline Project
Suggested Websites for Digital Timeline Project
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