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Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume 5
$19.95
1960-1984Add to cartNEW! Second Edition – with Index – available August 2018
ISBN 978-1-940479-26-2
This fifth book in the Aunt Phil's Trunk Alaska history series highlights the first 25 years of statehood through short stories and hundreds of historical photographs. Not only did the optimistic citizens of the Great Land create a government from scratch in just a few years, they also dealt with many challenges. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Five shares firsthand accounts of survivors who experienced the 1964 Good Friday earthquake and the devastating tsunamis that followed that 9.2 temblor. It also features stories about the discovery of “black gold” on the North Slope in the late 1960s, and how Alaska's Native people fought for their land and won the largest settlement ever granted Native Americans. That agreement cleared the way for oil companies to build an 800-mile pipeline through some of the most rugged and remote country in the world during the 1970s.
Alaskans also learned that evil lurked under the midnight sun in the 1980s, as they ended the first 25 years of statehood with six mass murders.- Women in Anchorage became prey when a mild-mannered baker turned into a butcher.
- Residents of Manley Hot Springs disappeared soon after a drifter arrived in their quiet town.
- And several citizens of McCarthy died when a newcomer decided he wanted to destroy Alaska's oil pipeline.
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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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Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume 1 Student Workbook
$19.95Add to cartNEW! Third Edition – with easy-to-use Grading System – available August 2018!
History curriculum up to 1900 – Early Native life to Klondike Gold Rush era
ISBN 978-1-940479-32-3
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 Volume 2 Student Workbook
$19.95Add to cartNEW! Third Edition – with easy-to-use Grading System – available August 2018!
History curriculum from 1900-1912 – Gold rushes, law and order, territorial days
ISBN 978-1-940479-33-0
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 Volume 3 Student Workbook
$19.95Add to cartNEW! Third Edition – with easy-to-use Grading System – available August 2018!
History curriculum from 1912-1935 – Territorial days to Matanuska Valley colonists
ISBN 978-1-940479-34-7
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 Volume 4 Student Workbook
$19.95Add to cartNEW! Third Edition – with easy-to-use Grading System – available August 2018!
History curriculum from 1935-1960 – WWII through Alaska’s struggle for statehood
ISBN 978-1-940479-35-4
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 Volume 5 Student Wookbook
$19.95Add to cartNEW! Second Edition – with easy-to-use Grading System – available August 2018!
History curriculum from 1960-1984 – First 25 years of statehood
ISBN 978-1-940479-36-1
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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Call of the Wild Student Workbook
$19.95Add to cartAunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents
The Call of the Wild and Other Northland Stories Curriculum that brings literature alive!Student Workbook
This student workbook, along with accompanying book Aunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents The Call of the Wild and Other Northland Stories by Jack London, makes 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.
The lessons in this curriculum are specifically designed for grades 9 or 10. -
Spell of the Yukon Student Workbook
$19.95Add to cartAunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses Curriculum that brings literature alive!Student Workbook
This student workbook, along with accompanying book Aunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert Service, makes 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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Where The Sun Swings North
$19.95Add to cartPublished in 1922, Where The Sun Swings North is the first novel written by Florence Barrett Willoughby, who many call Alaska’s first official author.
This tale of adventure is a fictionalized account of her family’s real-life experience when stranded on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska for 10 months in 1896-1897 when Willoughby was 10 years old. They may have had few provisions, but they had an intense will to live.
The cast of characters in this story includes a heroine and her Irish husband, a younger lady pure of heart, a drunkard and a diabolical trader who wants the Irishman’s wife for his own. Add to this group the elements of Alaska’s wildland and unpredictable weather and you’ve got a tale of adventure you won’t soon forget.
Reviews
“It is so true to the country about which it is written that even an Alaskan can read it and enjoy it.” – The Pathfinder, May 1922
“It breathes the real Alaskan spirit. It is interesting and clean, like the great out-of-doors in the Northland.” – Sitka Tribune, December 1922
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Aunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents The Spoilers by Rex Beach
$19.95Add to cartRex Beach’s classic, first released in 1905, is a fictional tale based on actual events that occurred during the rush for gold in Nome, Alaska, during 1899-1900. A bestseller by 1906, the story revolves around a crooked politician and judge who manipulated the legal system to rob miners of their gold. They eventually were thwarted by the judge’s niece and a few kindhearted, yet determined, miners. The Spoilers was made into a Hollywood movie five times!
Look for Aunt Phil’s Trunk Proudly Presents The Spoilers, with a biography of Beach written by Laurel Downing Bill, this summer!
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The Iron Trail by Rex Beach
$19.95Add to cartIn The Iron Trail, released in 1913, Rex Beach weaves a tale of romance and courage in the early 1900s as men struggled to build the Copper River and Northwestern Railway through the rugged wilderness from Cordova to the Kennecott Copper Mines.
Beach closely followed actual events in this page-turning tale, including fierce gun battles, rights-of-way battles and battles against Mother Nature to lay 196 miles of track to the largest copper deposit known in the world at the time.
BONUS: Laurel Downing Bill shares the real story in “Cordova to Kennecott” and captures the determination of railroad engineer, William J. Heney, upon whom Beach based his lead character, in “Alaska’s Irish Prince.” The rich, full life of Beach unfolds in “The Man Behind the Words.”