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Sitka National Historical ParkSchool children enjoy a field trip to the park's beach.
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Sitka National Historical Park
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ParkWise
An online collection of educational resources about Alaska's national parks with links for teachers and students. more...

 
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Russian Abacus Curriculum
This unique Russian Abacus curriculum provides standards-based lessons and activities that teach mathematics skills to elementary students using the historical Russian abacus, or s’chyoty, and provides extensions for connecting mathematics, history, and foreign language together in the classroom. Download the teacher's guide.
Totem hall at Sitka National Historical Park  

Did You Know?
Alaska’s Governor John Brady asked leaders from several southeast Alaska villages to donate totem poles for public exhibitions outside of Alaska, and eventually, for display at Sitka’s popular public park. More than a dozen Tlingit and Haida poles were placed along the park’s trail in 1906.
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Last Updated: August 01, 2006 at 18:30 EST