Russia in Alaska
___ 12a. Read Chapter 8 of “Two Old Women”. (30 minutes)
___12b. Read the following article: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-settle-alaska
(5 minutes)
___12c. Watch "Why the Russian Colonization of the Americas Failed" (25 minutes) Deal with the bad commercials
___12d. Go to this site and read about the Alaska fur trade: https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/alaska-fur-trade/ (5 minutes)
___12e. Go to this site and read about the Alaska pioneer women: https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/pioneer-women/
(5 minutes)
___12f. Explore the internet and find an Alaskan pioneer woman (one who came to a place dominated by men and made a difference in the future of Alaska). Give me her name and a description of what she accomplished in Alaska (1 hour)
___12g. This website should be difficult to read since it discusses the atrocities done to the Alaska Native population by colonization. https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/alaskan/introductionhistory.html
Please read the article (ending with “The Effect of Military Events”). Once you are finished, write 5-7 sentences on each heading, describing what colonizat/ion did to the Alaska Native peoples. (2 hours)
**Note: If you are having trouble finding enough information from the site, you may need to do a Google search to find more details on the subject.
Adventure Alaska History
Week #12
