Social Studies

Welcome to the Social Studies website.  

During the course of the year we will cover the district's Social Studies curriculum.  The third grade objectives are located on pages 18-26.  
Here are the third grade state standards for History.  We will focus on Alaska, pages 9-10.
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The students will all have the opportunity to create a bulletin board for Student of the Week.  Please see the handout for details.  The schedule is posted here.

Current Topic

We’ll study the interior region of Alaska and Fairbanks’s history.


Far North Region 
Far North Natives
Western Region
Western Natives #1
Western Natives #2
Interior Region
Interior Natives
South East Region
South East Natives
South Central Region
South Central Natives

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Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead Facts
Day of the Dead Animal Art Ideas


Alaska Native Cultures (video)
Beringia (land bridge) 
Alaska Map and Facts

Gold Mining Equipment (historic)
Gold Mining Equipment (modern)
How Gold Mining Works
A Modern Day Gold Mine
​Gold Mining in Fairbanks

Alaska's Natural Resources (interactive site)
BLM Alaska Mining
Alaska Facts for Kids

PowWow Dance for Kids (video)
Indigenous Peoples Day (video) SHORT
Indigenous Peoples Day (video) LONG

Activities

Alaska Native Masks (gallery)
Alaska Yupik Masks (gallery)
Kathleen Carlo-Kendall Gallery
Sample Student Masks #1
Sample Student Masks #2

Test

TBA

​Historical Moments

Social Studies Resources