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Alaska Regions
Alaska Geography
& Regions
“What is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state of the United States?”
Region Report Details
- Written report: 6 sections
- Oral report: 5 mins total, must cover all sections
- Visuals are a must!
- (a.k.a. don't be boring!)
General Facts
Alaska! (This is Alaska Studies)
Absolute vs. Relative Location
Where do you live?
General Billy Mitchell
- Military General - Air Force
- Alaska "Center of the World"
*South: 51° 13’ N. at the tip of Amatignak Island in the Aleutian Islands
*North: 71° 23’ N. at Point Barrow
*East (towards Canada): 129° 59’ W. at Cape Point in Southeast Alaska
*West (towards Russia): 172° 27’ E. at Cape Wrangell on Attu Island
Alaska is HUGE!
- Constitutes 16% of total US land mass
- 571,951 sp. miles of land
- Half of total US coastline (6,640 miles)
Alaska: Virtually equal distance from all major urban hubs in the world.
Geographic Variance
- What is it like where you are from?
Other Geographic Features:
- Mountains
- Plains
- Glaciers
- Swampland
- Volcanoes
- Wildlife
- People/Economy
- Language
- Water, water, water
Six Regions
Geographic Regions
An "easier" way to examine an area based on common geographic features.
Alaska:
Five or Six Regions?
Schedule:
- Monday - assign groups, break up work
- Tuesday - research and share with groups, netbooks
- Wednesday - research and share with groups, netbooks
- Thursday - Present reports
- Friday - Video/Review
- Monday - Review
- Tuesday - Unit Test "Geography of Alaska"