Introduction to Alaska

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Introduction to Alaska
1st December 2005
CW

• Lesson aims
• To find out what we already know about Alaska
• To accurately map Alaska

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What do we already know about Alaska
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Task

• On the outline map provided produce an accurate
  map of Alaska
• Follow the guidelines in the blue Alaska booklet

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History of Alaska

• ? Native Inuit people cross the frozen Bering
  Strait from Siberia to Alaska
• Captain Cook reaches Alaska
• Alaska is established as a Russian state
• USA buys Alaska from Russia
• 1959 Alaska is made an official state of USA
• 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker crashes spilling 11
  million gallons of crude oil into Prince William
  Sound