Correlations to Alaska’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B: A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Std C: A student should develop skills and processes of historical inquiry.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Geography
Std A: A student should be able to make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information.
Std F: A student should be able to use geography to understand the world by interpreting the past, knowing the present, and preparing for the future.
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B: A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Geography
Std D: A student should understand and be able to interpret spatial (geographic) characteristics of human systems, including migration, movement, interactions of cultures, economic activities, settlement patterns, and political units in the state nation, and world.
Government and Citizenship
Std G: A student should understand the impact of economic choices and participate effectively in local, state, national and global economies.
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B: A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Geography
Std D: A student should understand and be able to interpret spatial (geographic) characteristics of human systems, including migration, movement, interactions of cultures, economic activities, settlement patterns, and political units in the state nation, and world.
Government and Citizenship
Std B: A students should understand the constitutional foundations of the American political system and democratic ideals of this nation
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B: A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B: A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Geography
Std A: A student should be able to make and use maps, globes, and graphs to gather, analyze, and report spatial (geographic) information.
Std D: A student should understand and be able to interpret spatial (geographic) characteristics of human systems, including migration, movement, interactions of cultures, economic activities, settlement patterns, and political units in the state nation, and world.
Std F: A student should be able to use geography to understand the world by interpreting the past, knowing the present, and preparing for the future.
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B: A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Geography
Std E: A student should understand and be able to evaluate how humans and physical environments interact.
History
Std A: A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std D: A student should be able to integrate historical knowledge with historical skill to effectively participate as a citizen and as a lifelong learner.
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Geography
Std D: A student should understand and be able to interpret spatial (geographic) characteristics of human systems, including migration, movement, interactions of cultures, economic activities, settlement patterns, and political units in the state nation, and world.
Government and Citizenship
Std D: A students should understand the role of the United States in international affairs.
Std F: A student should understand the economies of the United States and the state and their relationships to the global economy.
History
Std C: A student should develop skills and processes of historical inquiry.
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Geography
Std E: A student should understand and be able to evaluate how humans and physical environments interact.
History
Std A (6): A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B (1b, 1d, 2): A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Std C: A student should develop skills and processes of historical inquiry.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Geography
Std E: A student should understand and be able to evaluate how humans and physical environments interact.
History
Std A (6): A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B (1b, 1d, 2): A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Std C: A student should develop skills and processes of historical inquiry.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Geography
Std E: A student should understand and be able to evaluate how humans and physical environments interact.
History
Std A (6): A student should understand that history is a record of human experiences that links the past to the present and the future.
Std B (1b, 1d, 2): A student should understand historical themes through factual knowledge of time, places, ideas, institutions, cultures, people and events.
Std C: A student should develop skills and processes of historical inquiry.
