Glastonbury Foreign Language Program
Curricular Unit: Alaska (Russian)
Grade: 9
Subject/Topic Area(s): History, culture
Key Words: Alaska, Siberia, migration

Standards:

Major standards— 3.1, 3.2
Supporting standards— 1.2

Brief Summary of Unit (including curricular context and unit goals):

This is a unit about Russian migration into Alaska, and about the purchase of Alaska by the United States. It also includes Russian influences on Alaska today.

Number of days for activity: 10

Materials and resources (including technology and multimedia):

Identifying Desired Results

•  What essential questions will guide this unit and focus teaching/learning?

-When did Russians first migrate to Alaska?
-Why did they come to Alaska?
-What happened when Russians encountered the native peoples?
-What was the Russian American Company?
-What influence remains of Russian culture in Alaska today?

•  What enduring understandings are desired?

Student will understand...

that Russian settlers played an important role in the history of Alaska, and their influence can still be seen today.

•  What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?

Students will know…

-when Russians first came to Alaska
-why they came
-what happened when Russians encountered the native peoples
-what the Russian American Company was
-what influence remains of Russian culture in Alaska today

Students will be able to…

locate and label major Alaskan cities and rivers on a map

Vocabulary:

Grammar:

•  What do they already know that will help them learn new information? Where and when did they learn it?

-Siberia in Russian 3
-Climate in Russian 3

Determining acceptable evidence

•  What evidence will show that students understand?

Performance Tasks:


Quizzes, Tests, Prompts, Work Samples:
-quiz on geography of Alaska
-unit test

Unprompted Evidence (observations, dialogues):
-class discussions
-question/answer in class
-observation of map work in class

Student Self-Assessment:

Lessons:

Links to Relevant Web Sites:  

http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfovrvw.html http://www2.worldbook.com/wc/popup?path=features/explorers&page=html/saga_russians.html&direct=yes
http://english.pravda.ru/society/2003/03/14/44416.html
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/alaska_migration/purchase_treaty.html http://www.rusnet.nl/encyclo/a/alaska.shtml

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