Alaskan Resources
Look for the "Festival of Ideas" coming soon to this website! The "Festival of Ideas," submitted by educators participating in ASDN's Alaska Summer Leadership Institute (ASLI), is a compilation of emerging best practices currently being implemented in Alaskan schools. The "Festival of Ideas" offers examples of Alaskan school initiatives which inform educators about frameworks for improving student learning and organizational performance; strategies that transform learning and performance; and lateral capacity building opportunities that.....
Social Sciences Resources
Alaska History & Cultural Studies
Alaska's History & Cultural Studies provides students, teachers and others interested in the state access to a rich source of facts and viewpoints about Alaska and its history.
There are six UNITS, each encompassing an important theme or historical period. Linked to the UNITS you'll find extensive information that includes an historical account of that era, stories of the people who lived then, photographs, maps, oral history, letters and other primary resources.
State of Alaska Standards, GLE's, and Formative Assessment
This links to the State of Alaska "Standards" web page which contains the AK Content and Performance Standards, GLE's, Formative Assessments, and more important information related to AK State Standards and Performance.
Educators' Resource Guide to Alaska Standards - from the Curriculum Frameworks Project
The Educators' Resource Guide to the Alaska Standards is an online resource that will help districts and teachers develop, teach and assess a standards-based curriculum. The Guide is divided into two sections:
1: For Curriculum Developers
This section provides information about the Alaska Content Standards and the Performance Standards. It includes a district standards-based curriculum development process and links to useful resources including the legal references related to the Alaska State standards.
2: For Teachers
This section.....
"FIreweed Magazine" from Port Graham Students: Reading in a Cultural Context and Place-based Science Activities
"Fireweed" Magazine was developed in the early 80's at Port Graham and offers online offers examples of reading in a cultural context. The work of transcribing from the magazines was completed in 2001-2002 by students at Port Graham.
Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan - Alaskan Unit on Moose
This interdisciplinary unit on moose was developed by Michelle C. Massion
of Galena City School in 1994. Even today, it is a lesson that teachers might use to build an Alaskan interdisciplinary unit.
