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Alaska

Alaska

Join in as we continue our tour of the fifty states! Get an up-close look at places like the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Gold Dredge 8 in Fairbanks, Denali National Park, the Iditarod Headquarters, and Kenai Fjords National Park. You’ll learn about the rich history of Alaska, some iconic symbols of the state, animals and plants that make their homes in the Last Frontier, and what it’s like to live there today.

Release Date: August 6, 2025

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Scope and Sequence

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  • Snow falls and packs to form ice on land called glaciers
  • Glaciers move slowly toward the sea, which is called an ice shelf
  • The glacier breaks off into the ocean, forming an iceberg
  • Science experiment to see how glaciers wear away the land and form icebergs
  • Alaska Panhandle
  • Tongass National Forest
  • Alaska's geography
  • Yukon River
  • Anchorage
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Chugach Range
  • Utqiaġvik
  • Denali
  • Mendenhall Glacier
  • Gold Dredge 8
  • Denali National Park
  • Iditarod Headquarters
  • Kenai Fjords National Park
  • Alaska (state)
  • Juneau
  • Nenana
  • Nome
  • Alaska's flag
  • Vocabulary: rugged and alpine
  • Learn about contradictions and paradoxes
  • Start working on unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place
  • Serum Run in Alaska
  • Togo and Balto were two sled dogs that were a part of the Serum Run
  • Sled dogs traveled from Nenana to Nome to deliver medicine
  • Put your faith and hope in things that matter
  • Matthew 6:19–21
  • Alpine forget-me-not
  • Moose
  • Bowhead whale
  • Sitka spruce
  • Willow ptarmigan
  • Gray wolf population
  • Bald eagle
  • Alaska's weather
  • Alaskan animals make changes to survive in different seasons
  • People do things to prepare for colder seasons
  • Vocabulary: habitat and bill
  • Answer comprehension questions about Alaska's symbols with information from the lesson
  • Add Alaska's state symbols to unit project banner
  • Indigenous Peoples have legends (stories) that they pass down from one generation to the next
  • Alaska's state symbols
  • Story behind the state flag
  • Color some of Alaska's symbols
  • Design state symbol for Alaska
  • God's light shines in the darkness
  • John 1:5
  • Some Indigenous legends have similarities to Bible stories
  • Bible story of Noah
  • God is creative
  • Colossians 1:16a
  • The process of oil drilling
  • Products oil can be used to make
  • Gates of the Arctic National Park
  • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
  • Katmai National Park
  • Glacier Bay National Park
  • Vocabulary: tourism and tundra
  • Answer comprehension questions about Alaska's industries with information from the lesson
  • Cut out a pocket to glue on unit project as well as fact cards about industries in Alaska to place inside
  • Gold rush
  • Prudhoe Bay oil field discovery
  • The history of Alaska's main industries
  • Klondike gold rush
  • Gold discovered on Rabbit Creek in 1896
  • Fishing industry in Alaska
  • Tourism industry in Alaska
  • Other industries in Alaska
  • What a tour guide does
  • Draw a picture of one of your favorite places
  • Sharing what God gives us so we can be a blessing to others
  • Genesis 12:2
  • Comparing dog sledding and snowmobiles as modes of transportation
  • Vocabulary: isolation and tight-knit
  • Answer comprehension questions about Alaska's people with information from the lesson
  • Add a spotlight on Elizabeth Peratrovich to the unit project
  • Elizabeth Peratrovich
  • The Iditarod race
  • How transportation has changed over time (dog sleds to snowmobiles)
  • What life is like for the people of Alaska
  • Outdoor adventuring and sports in Alaska
  • The Iditarod
  • Weird laws in Alaska
  • What is important to the people of Alaska
  • What is involved in an Alaskan Iditarod race
  • Come up with a news report for something currently happening in Alaska (fact or fiction)
  • Learn about the importance of teamwork and practice it as a family
  • Treating others fairly
  • Luke 6:31
  • Snow falls and packs to form ice on land called glaciers
  • Glaciers move slowly toward the sea, which is called an ice shelf
  • The glacier breaks off into the ocean, forming an iceberg
  • Science experiment to see how glaciers wear away the land and form icebergs
  • Icebergs are 90 percent under the surface of the water
  • Alaska Panhandle
  • Tongass National Forest
  • Alaska's geography
  • Yukon River
  • Anchorage
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Chugach Range
  • Utqiaġvik
  • Denali
  • Mendenhall Glacier
  • Gold Dredge 8
  • Denali National Park
  • Iditarod Headquarters
  • Kenai Fjords National Park
  • Bering Strait
  • Little Diomede Island
  • Big Diomede Island
  • Russia
  • Alaska (state)
  • Juneau
  • Nenana
  • Nome
  • Gulf of Alaska
  • Alaska's flag
  • Vocabulary: strategic and fjord
  • Learn about contradictions and paradoxes
  • Start working on unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place
  • Indigenous people groups of Alaska: Inuit, Yup'ik, Athabascan, Aleut, Tlingit, + Haida
  • Vitus Bering
  • US purchase of Alaska from Russia (Seward's Folly)
  • Alaska's role in WWI and WWII
  • History of Baked Alaska dessert
  • Alaska's statehood established (1959)
  • Serum Run in Alaska
  • In 1925 there was a diphtheria outbreak in Nome, Alaska
  • Togo and Balto were two sled dogs that were a part of the Serum Run
  • Sled dogs traveled from Nenana to Nome to deliver medicine, which was a 674-mile (1,085 km) journey
  • Animal symbolism in Indigenous cultures
  • Sketch, paint, or sculpt Togo or Balto
  • Put your faith and hope in things that matter
  • Matthew 6:19–21
  • Alpine forget-me-not
  • Moose
  • Bowhead whale
  • Sitka spruce
  • Willow ptarmigan
  • Gray wolf population
  • Bald eagle
  • Alaska's weather
  • Fireweed
  • Lichens and mosses
  • Aurora borealis
  • Origin of the nickname Land of the Midnight Sun
  • Alaskan animals adapt to survive in different seasons
  • People do things to prepare for colder seasons
  • Vocabulary: elevation and landscape
  • Answer comprehension questions about Alaska's symbols and weather with information from the lesson
  • Figure out the correct Alaskan state symbol to match each of the clues given
  • Indigenous Peoples have legends (stories) that they pass down from one generation to the next
  • Alaska's state symbols
  • Story behind the state flag
  • Draw a weather icon for Alaska
  • Design state symbol for Alaska
  • God's light shines in the darkness
  • John 1:5
  • Some Indigenous legends have similarities to Bible stories
  • Bible story of Noah in Genesis 6–8
  • God is creative
  • Colossians 1:16
  • The process of oil drilling
  • Products oil can be used to make
  • Gates of the Arctic National Park
  • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
  • Katmai National Park
  • Glacier Bay National Park
  • Vocabulary: frontier and pelt
  • Answer comprehension questions about Alaska's industries with information from the lesson
  • Add cards to unit project containing facts about Alaska's industries
  • Gold rush
  • Prudhoe Bay oil field discovery
  • Fur and timber trade history
  • Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)
  • The history of Alaska's main industries
  • Klondike gold rush
  • Gold discovered on Rabbit Creek in 1896
  • Fishing industry in Alaska
  • Tourism industry in Alaska
  • Cost of living in Alaska
  • Other industries in Alaska
  • What a tour guide does
  • Make a travel brochure for a favorite place
  • Make a travel brochure for one of your favorite places to visit
  • Sharing what God gives us so we can be a blessing to others
  • Genesis 12:2
  • Comparing dog sledding and snowmobiles as modes of transportation
  • Alaska's organized boroughs
  • The Unorganized Borough
  • Vocabulary: heritage and hypocrisy
  • Answer comprehension questions about Alaska's people with information from the lesson
  • Take notes on a current event and present news report to family
  • Add a spotlight on Elizabeth Peratrovich to the unit project
  • Elizabeth Peratrovich
  • Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act
  • Ways Indigenous people were being discriminated against in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Elizabeth Peratrovich took a stand and made a speech
  • How transportation has changed over time (dog sleds to snowmobiles)
  • What life is like for the people of Alaska
  • Outdoor adventuring and sports in Alaska
  • The Iditarod
  • Weird laws in Alaska
  • What's important to the people of Alaska
  • Come up with a news report for something currently happening in Alaska
  • Ways that Elizabeth Peratrovich is honored today for her courage and contribution
  • Learn about the importance of teamwork and practice it as a family
  • Treating others fairly
  • Luke 6:31
  • Snow falls and packs to form ice on land called glaciers
  • Glaciers move slowly toward the sea, which is called an ice shelf
  • The glacier breaks off into the ocean, forming an iceberg
  • Science experiment to see how glaciers wear away the land and form icebergs
  • Icebergs are 90 percent under the surface of the water
  • Alaska Panhandle
  • Tongass National Forest
  • Alaska's geography
  • Yukon River
  • Anchorage
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Chugach Range
  • Utqiaġvik
  • Denali
  • Mendenhall Glacier
  • Gold Dredge 8
  • Denali National Park
  • Iditarod Headquarters
  • Kenai Fjords National Park
  • Bering Strait
  • Little Diomede Island
  • Big Diomede Island
  • Russia
  • Alaska (state)
  • Juneau
  • Nenana
  • Nome
  • Gulf of Alaska
  • Bering Sea
  • British Columbia
  • Northwest Territories
  • Yukon Territory
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Alaska's flag
  • Alaska's state seal
  • Vocabulary: contradiction and acquisition
  • Learn about contradictions and paradoxes and write one
  • Fill in a Venn diagram to compare and contrast icebergs and glaciers
  • Do research about the Serum Run in Alaska
  • Start planning unit project presentation
  • Indigenous people groups of Alaska: Inuit, Yup'ik, Athabascan, Aleut, Tlingit, + Haida
  • Vitus Bering
  • US purchase of Alaska from Russia (Seward's Folly)
  • Alaska's role in WWI and WWII
  • History of Baked Alaska dessert
  • Alaska's statehood established (1959)
  • Serum Run in Alaska
  • In 1925 there was a diphtheria outbreak in Nome, Alaska
  • Togo and Balto were two sled dogs that were a part of the Serum Run
  • Sled dogs traveled from Nenana to Nome to deliver medicine
  • Leonhard Seppala
  • Gunnar Kaasen
  • Animal symbolism in Indigenous cultures
  • Put your faith and hope in things that matter
  • Matthew 6:19–21
  • Alpine forget-me-not
  • Moose
  • Bowhead whale
  • Sitka spruce
  • Willow ptarmigan
  • Gray wolf population
  • Bald eagle
  • Alaska's weather
  • Fireweed
  • Lichens and mosses
  • Aurora borealis
  • Origin of the nickname Land of the Midnight Sun
  • Alaskan animals adapt to survive in different seasons
  • People do things to prepare for colder seasons
  • Vocabulary: organism and boreal
  • Use guided notes to create a summary paragraph about Alaska's nature and weather
  • Figure out the correct Alaskan state symbol to match each of the clues given and come up with some riddles to add to the unit project
  • Indigenous Peoples have legends (stories) that they pass down from one generation to the next
  • Alaska's state symbols
  • Story behind the state flag
  • Add sketches to notes while listening to the lesson about Alaska
  • Design state symbol for Alaska
  • God's light shines in the darkness
  • John 1:5
  • Some Indigenous legends have similarities to Bible stories
  • Bible story of Noah in Genesis 6–8
  • God is creative
  • Colossians 1:16
  • Psalm 104:24
  • Matanuska Valley
  • Gates of the Arctic National Park
  • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
  • Katmai National Park
  • Glacier Bay National Park
  • Vocabulary: subsistence and resourcefulness
  • Use guided notes to create a summary paragraph about Alaska's industry and economy
  • Create a job posting for one of Alaska's industries to add to the unit project
  • Roosevelt's Matanuska Colony Project
  • Gold rush
  • Prudhoe Bay oil field discovery
  • Fur and timber trade history
  • Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)
  • The history of Alaska's industries
  • Klondike gold rush
  • Gold discovered on Rabbit Creek in 1896
  • Fishing industry in Alaska
  • Tourism industry in Alaska
  • Cost of living in Alaska
  • Alaska's industries and how life is different compared to the lower states
  • What a tour guide does
  • Make a travel brochure for a favorite place
  • Make a travel brochure for one of your favorite places to visit
  • Sharing what God gives us so we can be a blessing to others
  • Genesis 12:2
  • Comparing dog sledding and snowmobiles as modes of transportation
  • Alaska's organized boroughs
  • The Unorganized Borough
  • Vocabulary: nonpartisan and sovereign
  • Use guided notes to create a summary paragraph about Alaska's people
  • Take notes on a current event and present or record news report
  • Choose a topic and add one more section to the unit project
  • Finalize and present the project, and then grade it using the rubric provided
  • Elizabeth Peratrovich
  • Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act
  • Ways Indigenous people were being discriminated against in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Elizabeth Peratrovich took a stand and made a speech
  • How transportation has changed over time (dog sleds to snowmobiles)
  • What life is like for the people of Alaska
  • Outdoor adventuring and sports in Alaska
  • The Iditarod
  • Weird laws in Alaska
  • Alaska's government structure
  • How Alaskan Indigenous groups are governed
  • What's important to the people of Alaska
  • Come up with a news report for something currently happening in Alaska
  • Ways that Elizabeth Peratrovich is honored today for her courage and contribution
  • Learn about the importance of teamwork and practice it as a family
  • Treating others fairly
  • Luke 6:31
  • Servant-hearted leadership
  • Matthew 20:25–28

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