Aunt Phils Trunk Volume Two Teacher Guide Curriculum that brings Alaska history alive! Teacher Guide: 19 to 1912 History Curriculum from Early 19s to Territorial Alaska Did you know: -Hollywood stars played Alaskas 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 2th Century happened in Alaska in 1912? This curriculum guide, along with accompanying book Aunt Phils 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. Teacher Guide contains answers for corresponding 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 Reviews All resources and activities are specifically designed for grades 4-12. From the gold rushes of Interior Alaska in the early 19s to Alaska becoming a territory of the United States in 1912, this curriculum for Alaskas history will captivate your child.

About the Author

Alaska historian/speaker Laurel Downing Bill wrote and published the entertaining five-book Aunt Phils 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 sourdough starter that began in 1896 Hope, Alaska. She writes Alaska history stories for Alaska newspapers and magazines, as well. She has won several awards for her work from the Alaska Professional Communicators, Eric Hoffer Excellence in Independent Publishing, Best Books, Shelf Unbound and Readers Favorite. Laurel is a lifelong Alaskan, born in Fairbanks in 1951. After marrying her biologist husband, Don, the couple moved to the remote village of King Salmon in Bristol Bay where Don worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Laurel landed a job with the local telephone cooperative and eventually became its assistant general manager. When their two children, Kimberly and Ryan, graduated from high school, the couple retired in 1997 and moved into Anchorage, Alaskas largest city. That is when Laurel was handed her late aunts body of work. Phyllis Downing Carlson, one of Alaskas most respected historians, had written about Alaskas colorful past for many years and had won national awards for her stories. When Laurel saw the quality of her aunts work, she knew she had to share it with the world. Laurel returned to college to get the tools needed for the project and earned a degree in journalism, with a minor in history, from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2003. She then set to work creating a series of books that would educate readers and entertain them at the same time. During the next two years she organized her aunts notes and wrote stories from her own research. She then hunted through thousands of historical photographs from the states museums, libraries and universities for photos to go with the stories. Aunt Phils Trunk Volume One, which features the arrival of Alaskas Native people thousands of years ago up to the Klondike Gold Rush era of 1898, debuted in May 2006. The other three volumes followed in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2016. Each volume is filled with easy-to-read nonfiction short stories and close to 350 historical photographs. They are suitable for ages 9 to 99. For more information, go to http: //www.AuntPhilsTrunk.com or email Laurel@AuntPhilsTrunk.com.