The Migration North to Alaska

Lesson Resources:  Standards Correlations, Teaching Activities, Worksheets

Background

National History Day's 1998 theme encourages students to investigate topics related to Migration in History: People, Ideas, Culture.

Records held by the National Archives and Records Administration document many such migrations and provide countless suggestions for project topics.

The Gold Rush The following photographs, letters, drawings, and acts highlight some of the economic, social, and political factors that prompted thousands to migrate . . .

Topics

• The Alaska Purchase Treaty
   
• The Cancelled Check and Receipt
   
• The Gold Rush
   
•   Natural Resources

• Modes of Transportation
   
• Other Reasons for Migration and Settlement
   
• Homesteading and Citizenship
   
• Statehood

Lesson Resources

Document Analysis Worksheet

Photograph Analysis Worksheet

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