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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: A Woman Who Went to Alaska by Mary Kellogg Sullivan

For Students 7th - 8th
In Mary Kellogg Sullivan's book A Woman Who Went to Alaska, Sullivan describes her adventures in Alaska during her search for riches. Between 1896 and 1899, an estimated 100,000 people migrated to the Klondike region of the Yukon in...
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Website
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Frye Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles and Emma Frye rose to prominence in Seattle's business community in the late 1800s. This museum was established from the Fryes's extensive personal collection of over 230 works of art. "In the belief that art should be accessible...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Call of the Wild by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London set during the Klondike Gold Rush. The central character is a dog named Buck who is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Call of the Wild

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating site on Jack London's famous novel The Call of the Wild is looked at in detail in this site that includes character anaylsis and a discussion of themes in the novel.
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Curated OER

Etc: Alaska Boundary Controversy, 1867 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of southeastern border of Alaska and Canada showing the area of boundary dispute and the boundary established by the Hay-Herbert Treaty between Britain and the United States in 1903. The map shows the coastline and fjords of the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Hay Herbert Treaty, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the southern border of Alaska and Canada showing the area of boundary dispute and the boundary established by the Hay-Herbert Treaty between Britain and the United States in 1903. The map shows the coastline and fjords of the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: The Alaskan Boundary Dispute, 1825 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the northern Pacific coastland of North America showing the territorial dispute of the Alaska boundary from the Anglo-Russian Treaty of St. Petersburg in 1825 that established the British claims, the purchase of the area by the...
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Curated OER

Prof. Leonard, Aeronaut

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting tidbit of Yukon history about a balloonist who put on public shows in Dawson City around 1900 during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush.

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