Level 2 – Exploratory Learning (Upper Elementary/Middle School) | Social Studies | Inquiry-Based, Direct Instruction

P a g e | 1 Goldbelt Heritage Foundation US Department of Education PR/Award #: S356A090050: Wooch.een: Together We Can The History of the Alaska Native Brotherhood & Sisterhood: Alaska Native Civil Rights Organizations Grade Levels: 7, 8 Unit Overview This is a Social Studies unit that focuses on the history of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Southeast Alaska. The unit covers why these organizations were created, who their main political & cultural leaders have been, their role in the Alaska Native culture of Southeast and the civil rights issues that have been affected by them. This unit is split up into seven lessons with a pre and post-assessment, educational standards addressed and resource materials. The lessons cover early Alaska history, the Alaska Territory, the beginning of ANB & ANS, ANB & ANS civil rights and political leaders, ANCSA & ANILCA and ANB & ANS today. Each lesson…