New! Aunt Phil's Trunk Student Workbook with grading system for 1900 to 1912Alaska history curriculum from Early 1900s to Territorial AlaskaDid you •Hollywood stars played Alaska’s vaudeville circuit during the gold-rush days?•Famous lawman Wyatt Earp followed the gold rush and built a bar in Nome?•The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century happened in Alaska in 1912?This curriculum guide, along with accompanying book Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume Two, makes learning about Alaska history fun for your child. The easy-to-read short stories and hundreds of historical photographs in the series truly bring Alaska history alive.Student Workbook Comprehension questions~ Map activities~ Discussion ideas~ Enrichment activities~ Suggestions for additional history readings~ Suggestions for links to more information~ Fun puzzles that correspond to Unit lessons• Word Search Puzzles• Word Scramble Puzzles• Crossword Puzzles~ Unit ReviewsAll resources and activities are specifically designed for grades 4-12.From the gold rushes of Interior Alaska in the early 1900s to Alaska becoming a territory of the United States in 1912, this curriculum for Alaska’s history will captivate your child.
Alaska historian/speaker Laurel Downing Bill wrote and published the entertaining five-book Aunt Phil’s Trunk Alaska history series, which won the 2016 Literary Classics International award for best nonfiction series worldwide. She also wrote and published Sourdough Cookery, which features 100 sourdough recipes and a starter that began in 1896 Hope, Alaska. She writes Alaska history stories for Alaska Magazine and Senior Voice, as well.
Laurel has won several awards from the Alaska Professional Communicators, achieved finalist status in the Eric Hoffer Excellence in Independent Publishing contest for her Alaska history series and was honored with awards from Best Books, Readers' Reviews and Shelf Unbound in 2016.