Correlations to

Alaska's Academic Standards

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.