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Living in Kenai Fjords:
Instructional Resources
The Instructional Resources used in the
Kenai Fjords activities are organized and presented in two sections.
The first section organizes the Instructional
Resources by resource type. The second section
presents the resources organized by activity number.
At the end of the resources sections is
a glossary of cultural terms used
in the student activities.
Instructional Resources by Resource Type:
Alaska Resources:
Alaskool
Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska
National Park Acreages
Alaska
Timeline
Chronological
History of Alaska
Chugach
Alaska Corporation: (Resurrection Bay, City of Seward)
Seward,
Alaska
Conservation
Issues:
Conservation
Issues - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Audubon:
Update on Conservation Issues in the 107 Congress
Environmental
Protection Agency - Student Center: Conservation
Cultural Resources:
Alaska's
Native Cultures
Alaskool:
Oral Literature
Alaskool:
Regional Profiles Southcentral Region
Chugach
Story and Language
History of
Native People - the Dena'ina
Kenai
Archaeology Interactive
NPS: Prehistory
of Alaska
Prehistory
of Southeast Alaska
Kenai Fjords:
Kenai
Fjords NP Information (Alaska.net)
National
Park Curriculum for Alaska (Parkwise)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Homepage (National Park Service)
Kenai
Fjords National Park Information Page
Maps:
Maps
of Kenai Fjords
Maps of Kenai Fjords National Park
National Parks
Related Sites:
National
Park Acreage Reports
National
Park System Acreage (largest and smallest)
National
Park Conservation Association
National
Park Conservation Association: News releases
National
Park Designations
Press
releases about national parks
National
Park Service History
Types
of Parks
Online Encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Online Resources:
Congressional
Bill creating Alaska National Interest Lands Act of 1980
The
Harriman Alaska Expedition: Chronicles and Souvenirs May to August
1899.
Information:
Olaus J. Murie, the Father of Modern Elk Management
The
Murie Center
Muir,
John. Travels in Alaska. Online edition.
National
Wilderness Preservation System: Alaska National Interest Lands Act
of 1980
Nature
Journal Writing
ParkWise
Teacher Resources
PBS:
1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change
The
Rockwell Kent Wilderness Homepage
Sierra
Club: John Muir Exhibit
The
Weather Channel
Paper Resources:
Leslie, Clare Walker and Roth, Charles
E. Keeping a Nature Journal. North Adams, MA: Storey Books,
2000.
Kent,
Rockwell. Wilderness: A journal of quiet adventure in Alaska.
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press,1996.
Murie,
Adolf and Olaus J. A Naturalist in Alaska. University of
Arizona Press, April 1990.
Murie, Olaus J., et al. Two in the
Far North. Alaska Northwest Books, 1997.
National
Geographic magazines
U.S. map
Photo Galleries:
Art
Cyclopedia: Rockwell Kent
Kenai
Fjords Culture Unit Photo Gallery
Plattsburgh
State Art Museum, Rockwell Kent Gallery
A Stern and Rock-Bound Coast:
Historic Resource Study
- Chapter
1: "A Stern and Rock-Bound Coast"
- Historical
Geography of the Coast
- The
Fjords
- Chapter 2: "Living on the Outer Kenai
Peninsula":
- The
Chugach and Unegkurmiut
- A
People Few in Number
- Warfare
and Trade
- Villages
- Acculturation
and Change
Tales:
American
Folklore: "The First Tears"
Creation
Myths (scroll down to Inuit)
Alaskool:
"Keet" (whale)
Chugach
Legends
Stories
from Chevak (with audio)
Temperate Rain Forest
Sites:
Temperate
Rainforests
Discover
the Temperate Rainforest
U.S. Presidents
Lists
of United States Presidents and quick facts about their presidency
White
House's List of United States Presidents and their terms of office
Wildlife Books and Sites:
Rea, C.J. and Ba Rea. There Have Always
Been Puffins! Bas Relief Publishing Group. 1997.
Rea,
C.J. and Ba Rea. "A Whale's Tale" from The Supper Sea. Bas
Relief Publishing Group. 1999.
"Kenai the Kid" Website
Kenai
Fjords National Park Website
Instructional Resources by Activity
Activity 1:
U.S. map
National Geographic magazine
Maps
of Kenai Fjords
Kenai
Fjords National Park Information Page
Chugach
Alaska Corporation (Resurrection Bay, City of Seward)
- A Stern and Rock-Bound Coast: Historic
Resource Study
Chapter 1: "A Stern and Rock-Bound Coast"
- Historical
Geography of the Coast
- The
Fjords
Activity 2:
Kenai
Archaeology Interactive
Kenai
Fjords National Park Information Page
History
of Native People - the Dena'ina
Chugach
Story and Language
NPS: Prehistory
of Alaska
Prehistory
of Southeast Alaska
Alaska
Timeline
Alaska's
Native Cultures
Alaskool:
Oral Literature
- A Stern and Rock-Bound Coast: Historic
Resource Study
Chapter 2: "Living on the Outer Kenai Peninsula":
- The
Chugach and Unegkurmiut
- A
People Few in Number
- Villages
- Acculturation
and Change
- Tales
- American
Folklore: "The First Tears"
- Earthbow:
Native American Tales
- Earthbow:
"The White Faced Bear"
- Creation
Myths (scroll down to Inuit)
- Alaskool:
"Keet" (whale)
- Chugach
Legends
- Stories
from Chevak (with audio)
Activity 3:
Kenai
Fjords Culture Unit Photo Gallery
National
Geographic magazines
Alaskool
Alaskool:
Regional Profiles Southcentral Region
History
of Native People - the Dena'ina
Dena'ina
Story and Language
NPS: Prehistory
of Alaska
Prehistory
of Southeast Alaska
Alaska
Timeline
Alaska's
Native Cultures
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia
Britannica
- A Stern and Rock-Bound Coast: Historic
Resource Study
Chapter 2: "Living on the Outer Kenai Peninsula":
- The
Chugach and Unegkurmiut
- A
People Few in Number
- Warfare
and Trade
- Villages
- Acculturation
and Change
- Temperate Rain Forest Sites:
- Temperate
Rainforests
- Discover
the Temperate Rainforest
- Wildlife Books and Sites:
- Rea, C.J. and Ba Rea. There Have
Always Been Puffins! Bas Relief Publishing Group. 1997.
- Rea, C.J. and Ba Rea. "A Whale's Tale"
from The Supper Sea. Bas Relief Publishing Group. 1999.
-
"Kenai
the Kid" Website
Kenai
Fjords National Park Website
Activity 4:
National
Park Designations
Types
of Parks
National
Park Service History
Lists
of United States Presidents and quick facts about their presidency
White
House's List of United States Presidents and their terms of office
Congressional
Bill creating Alaska National Interest Lands Act of 1980
National
Wilderness Preservation System: Alaska National Interest Lands Act
of 1980
Kenai
Fjords National Park Information Page (including establishment and
history)
Chronological
History of Alaska
Press
releases about national parks
National
Park System Acreage (largest and smallest)
National
Park Acreage Reports
Alaska
National Park Acreages
Maps
of Kenai Fjords
Activity 5:
Then (Early 1900s) and Now (Early 2000s)
Kent,
Rockwell. Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska,
Wesleyan Univ. Press, Middletown, CT, 1996.
The
Rockwell Kent Wilderness Homepage: Narrative of President Harding's
visit
Kenai
Fjords NP Information (Alaska.net)
National
Park Curriculum for Alaska (Parkwise)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Homepage (National Park Service)
ParkWise
Teacher Resources
Maps
of Kenai Fjords
The
Weather Channel
Future Travelers
National
Park Conservation Association
National
Park Conservation Association: News releases
Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Conservation
Issues - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Audubon:
Update on Conservation Issues in the 107 Congress
Kenai
Fjords NP Information (Alaska.net)
National
Park Curriculum for Alaska (Parkwise)
Kenai Fjords National Park
Homepage (National Park Service)
ParkWise
Teacher Resources
Seward,
Alaska
Activity 6:
Kent, Rockwell. Wilderness: A journal
of quiet adventure in Alaska. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University
Press,1996.
The
Rockwell Kent Wilderness Home Page
Plattsburgh
State Art Museum, Rockwell Kent Gallery
Art
Cyclopedia: Rockwell Kent
Kenai
Fjords Culture Unit Photo Gallery
Nature
Journal Writing
Activity 7:
Kent, Rockwell. Wilderness: A journal
of quiet adventure in Alaska. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University
Press,1996.
Murie,
Adolf and Olaus J. A Naturalist in Alaska. University of
Arizona Press, April 1990.
Murie, Olaus J., et al. Two in the
Far North. Alaska Northwest Books, 1997.
Muir,
John. Travels in Alaska. Online edition.
The
Rockwell Kent Wilderness Home Page
Plattsburgh
State Art Museum, Rockwell Kent Gallery
Art
Cyclopedia: Rockwell Kent
Kenai
Fjords Culture Unit Photo Gallery
Sierra
Club: John Muir Exhibit
PBS:
1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change
The
Harriman Alaska Expedition: Chronicles and Souvenirs May to August
1899.
The
Murie Center
Information:
Olaus J. Murie, the Father of Modern Elk Management
Final Activity:
Kent, Rockwell. Wilderness: A journal
of quiet adventure in Alaska. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University
Press, 1996.
Leslie,
Clare Walker and Roth, Charles E. Keeping a Nature Journal. North
Adams, MA: Storey Books, 2000.
Kenai
Fjords Culture Unit Photo Gallery
Nature
Journal Writing
biological
diversity: variety of species living in one ecosystem
biosphere: the part of Earth
that is capable of supporting life
Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC): President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal relief
project to employ young men to work on conservation projects throughout
the U.S.
consumer:
organism that eats other organisms or organic matter in a food chain
: a people's ideas, skills,
customs, arts, etc., that are passed down through generations
decomposer: an organism that
eats other organisms or organic matter, breaking it down to obtain
energy
ecology: relationships and interactions
between organisms and with their environments
ecosystem: group of organisms
that interact with one another, together with their nonliving environment
food chain: food and energy
links between the different plants and animals in an ecosystem
food web: relationship formed
by interconnecting food chains
inorganic:
composed of material that is not nor ever was living
organic: composed of material
that is or was living
photosynthesis:
process by which organisms use energy from sunlight to make their
own food
portage:
to transport overland between bodies of water
predatory:
a predatory animal lives by killing and eating other animals
producer: organism that is
able to make its own food
resources:
a country's natural riches, such as land, water, forests, and mineral
deposits
temperate
rain forest: characterized by moderate temperatures and abundant
precipitation; exists only in New Zealand, Patagonia and western
North America; typically home to trees that can grow hundreds of
feet tall and live for 1000+ years.
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