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Educator's
Instructional Guide
The Instructional
Guide's purpose is to help educators navigate
and use the Web site/CD in the classroom. Follow the link to
the right to download the Adobe PDF version of the guide.
It includes lessons
for middle and secondary classes and is designed to
be used
in schools
across the nation. Grade levels recommended are approximate,
and should be adapted to the abilities of the students. The Instructional
Guide
builds on the central theme, "A Century of Change,” but
within that broad theme contains a sequence of interdisciplinary
lessons. This approach reflects the spirit of the two expeditions,
which were undertaken as holistic studies of the coast of Alaska.
Disciplines include geography, Native communities, art, literature,
and biology. A matrix showing the emphasis of each
lesson is included. The lessons are based on national
standards.
The Guide is suitable for placement in a three-ring binder.
The contents are organized to be used by teachers of different
subjects,
as fits
their needs. A science teacher or an art teacher may extract
the sections most relevant to their needs.
Teaching
teams or interdisciplinary curricular projects may implement
the entire Guide as appropriate. Lessons may be used in any sequence
that
meets
teacher needs. We encourage beginning with Lesson One
in order to
practice Web site/CD navagation, and to gain an overview
of the two expeditions' stories. We also encourage the teacher
to show the film early in the study cycle.
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