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Wilderness Survival
In this wilderness survival skills worksheet, students complete eleven short answer questions based on wilderness survival skills they have learned.
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Wilderness Training
Students explore how to prepare for a wilderness journey. In this wilderness survival instructional activity, students construct a compass from a magnet and a sewing needle.
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Settler's Shopping List
Students browse through catalogs from the 1890's and 1900's and make a list of items needed for a year in the wilderness.
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Dogsong
Students read the Gary Paulsen novel, Dog song, about wilderness survival, and research information about the Iditarod dogsled race. Students follow the sled race online each day and complete an Alaska scavenger hunt.
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Seasonal cycles
Young scholars understand that the rotation of the Earth is responsible for the seasons. For this seasonal cycles lesson, students learn how the rotation of the Earth affects the seasons. Young scholars answer questions about the...
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Philanthropy in History Lesson 3: Self-sufficiency And the Community
Students study the characteristic of self-sufficiency in people that lived during Colonial times. They investigate the contemporary movement of Habitat for Humanity. They listen to the story of Donald Hall's, The Oxcart Man and write a...
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Jamestown Hardships
Students demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America by describing the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival.
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"Julie of the Wolves"
Fifth graders research life in Alaska and compare life there to their lives in this instructional activity. They read "Julie of the Wolves." They research through the novel and other reference books facts about the Alaskan climate and...
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Great River Bend Adventure
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...