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Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume 3
$19.95
1912-1935Add to cartThird Edition with easy-to-use grading system. Winner of 2019 Silver Medal in Education from Literary Classics International.
ISBN 978-1-940479-24-8
Critics and readers claim Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three is a must-read for anyone interested in Alaska's history!
Award-winning author Laurel Downing Bill has another winner in Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three. This volume is filled with entertaining nonfiction short stories and hundreds of historical photographs that bring to life Alaska's history from 1912 to 1935. Appropriate for ages 9 to 99, this book is a delightful journey through Alaska's growing pains as a territory of the United States.
Readers follow along as men with axes, hammers and mauls pound a path through the Last Frontier to lay railroad tracks that connect the deep-water port of Seward in the south to the territory’s interior town of Fairbanks in the north. Adventurers, aviators and farmers then blazed their own trails through Alaska’s wilderness.
Did you know:
• The Alaska Railroad spurred the birth of Alaska's largest town in 1915
• Mushers and dog teams risked death to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925
• Famous aviator Wiley post and Will Rogers crashed their plane and died near Barrow in 1935These and dozens more little-known stories fill the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three.
Bill has an extraordinary eye for the telling detail. She knows a good story when she hears it and knows how to tell it. Her history comes alive through her mastery of storytelling and close to 350 historical photographs.
Order your copy of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three now!
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Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume 5 Teacher Guide
$29.95Add to cartNEW! Second Edition – with easy-to-use Grading System – available August 2018!
History curriculum from 1960-1984 – First 25 years of statehood
ISBN 978-1-940479-31-6
Aunt Phil’s Trunk curriculum that brings Alaska history alive!
This curriculum, which includes student workbooks and teacher guides for each of the five books in the Aunt Phil’s Trunk Alaska history series, makes learning about Alaska history fun for students from grades 4 to 12.
The easy-to-read short stories and hundreds of historical photographs in the series truly bring Alaska history alive. And the curriculum continues the fun with:- Comprehension questions
- Map activities
- Discussion ideas
- Enrichment activities
- Suggestions for additional history readings
- Suggestions for links to more information
- Fun puzzles that correspond to Unit lessons
- Word Search Puzzles
- Word Scramble Puzzles
- Crossword Puzzles
- Unit Reviews
- Unit Tests
All resources and activities are specifically designed for grades 4-12.
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Aunt Phil’s Trunk of Alaska Trivia
$9.95Add to cartHow much did the largest gold nugget found in Alaska weigh? What is unusual about fireweed? Which Alaska glacier is larger than the state of Rhode Island? You will learn the answers to these and many more questions when you get Aunt Phil’s Trunk of Alaska Trivia. Its 104 pages are filled with fascinating facts and crosswords, word searches and sudokus that will tease your mind and broaden your knowledge of America’s Last Frontier.
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The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
$14.95Add to cartAward-winning author Laurel Downing Bill heard the call of her Alaska history fans and has reproduced Robert W. Service’s The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses.
This book pays tribute to one of the North Country’s most beloved poets and shares his first published collection of poems that debuted in 1907. This specially created book also features a biography of the Bard of the Yukon, written by Downing Bill, complete with photographs.
Even though he never lived in Alaska, Service helped put it on the map for most people with ballads like “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Call of the Wild” – all included in this special collection of poetry, which now is part of the public domain.Service felt a connection to the land and the people of the North and later told a newspaper that the nine years he spent in the Yukon (1904-1912) were “some of the happiest” of his life.
“All the things I am and have, I owe to the north.” Service said in the late 1940s.
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The Dragline Kid and Her Golden Wish
$9.95Add to cartThe Dragline Kid and Her Golden Wish, released July 2014, is written by Alaska author Lisa Augustine and beautifully illustrated by artist Melody Trone. Children ages 4-8 will delight in this story of a little girl who dreams of being a gold miner like her daddy in Alaska’s wilderness.
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How to Generate Winning Writing Ideas
$1.99Add to cartHow To Generate Winning Writing Ideas
Have you ever wondered how famous authors come up with winning writing ideas? This guide includes advice from some of the world’s bestselling authors on how to generate new book topics. Download and print out this workbook so that you can try out the various methods and see what works for you. There is also a fun writing exercise to get your creative juices flowing. If you’ve ever been at a loss for book ideas, this guide is for you. -
Spell of the Yukon w/Textbook/ Workbook/ Teacher Guide
$60.00Add to cartAunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses Curriculum that brings literature alive!This special bundle contains Aunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert Service, the student workbook and the teacher guide that make reading and analyzing classic poetry fun.
Student Workbook contains:- Comprehension questions
- Discussion questions
- Key lines to analyze
- Themes to think about
- Introduction to various styles of poetry
- Introduction to new vocabulary words
- Vocabulary crossword puzzles
Each lesson concludes with a writing exercise to encourage a deeper understanding of poems, as well as to explore self-expression through poetry.
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Call of the Wild w/ Textbook/ Workbook/ Teacher Guide
$65.00Add to cartAunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents
The Call of the Wild and Other Northland Stories Curriculum that brings literature alive!This special bundle contains Aunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents The Call of the Wild and Other Northland Stories by Jack London, the student workbook and the teacher guide that make reading and analyzing classic American Literature fun.
Student Workbook contains:- Comprehension questions
- Discussion questions
- Key quotes to analyze
- Themes to think about
- Introduction to new vocabulary words
- Vocabulary crossword puzzles
Each lesson concludes with a writing exercise to encourage deeper interaction with the text, as well as expansion of creative writing skills.
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The Call of the Wild and Other Northland Stories
$19.95Add to cartPublished in 1903, The Call of the Wild is an American literary treasure. Set in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon Territory during the 1890s’ Klondike gold rush, this fictional tale opens when Buck, a dog that is part St. Bernard and part Scotch shepherd, is kidnapped from his comfortable home in Northern California. He soon finds himself heading north where large, strong sled dogs are in high demand.
Buck learns to adapt to the frozen, arctic land. Over time he loses the social skills he had as a prized pet of a California judge. Instead he learns to live by “the law of club and fang,” as he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.
Other London stories set around the rush for gold in this book include: “To Build a Fire,” “To the Man on the Trail,” “The Men of Forty Mile,” “The Son of the Wolf” and several more.
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Spell of the Yukon (ebook)
$1.99Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThe Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
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ROBERT W. SERVICE
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Aunt Phil’s Trunk Nine-month Middle School Creative Writing Course
$315.00Add to cart$350 Value
Using Alaska-themed books each month to learn about plot, setting, characters and conflict!
11 books and 6 journals!
Teaches students to use a four-step writing process:- Brainstorming
- Writing
- Editing
- Revising
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Alaska Animal Alphabet, ABC Writing and Number Practice Workbook, Ages 3+
$14.95Add to cartThis beautifully illustrated book will have little ones enjoying their ABCs. Children can practice writing uppercase and lowercase letters and learn the types of Alaska animals that begin with each letter. They also can practice writing their numbers, from 0 to 9, with bonus numbers 10 and 11.