Description
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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS ALASKA LIBRARY LESSON
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
THIS ALASKA LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 47-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 22 recommended read-alouds that are set in Alaska (1 page)
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages)
- Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page)
- Prep, set up, tips (6 pages, PDF only)
- Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards (2 pages)
- Instructions on how to set up PPT and Google Slides timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF only)
ALASKA LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES
- sign language: “Alaska” (fingerspell A-K) and “seal”
- Alaska postal abbreviation (AK)
- Alaska on a map of the US
- What is Alaska known for?
- Alaska state flower (forget-me-not)
- Alaska state bird (willow ptarmigan)
- Alaska state nickname (“The Last Frontier”)
- Alaska state flag
- capital city (Juneau) + other important cities
- Alaska climate
- Mystery animal (beluga whale)
- information about beluga whales
- moose, Kodiak bear, Dall sheep, sled dogs, wolverine, caribou
- Places of interest: Denali National Park, Anchorage mudflats, St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Juneau
- Aleutian Islands
- Bering Strait
- Diomede Islands
- Iditarod
- Balto and Togo (sled dogs)
- Alaskan foods – King crab legs, baked Alaska, wild berries
- Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights
- Alaska purchase
- Alaska US statehood
- Alaska Native Americans
- 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
- Library Skill: where to find books about wolverines (500 section)
- Word of the Week: Seward’s Folly, Aurora Borealis, and mudflats
- other vocabulary words: strait, archipelago, pod (group of whales)
- All slides are illustrated with real photos and colorful clipart for Grades 2-5.
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