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Publisher: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest in the Washington Public Schools 
 Devoted to the Klondike gold rush in Alaska, and its economic influence on Seattle. Contains a chronology (1886-1916), discussion themes, classroom activities and resources, a bibliography, photographs, maps, and transcriptions of letters, diaries, and articles. From the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Klondike/Klondike%20Main.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Jun 23, 2009 A Sense of Where We Are: History and Literature of the Pacific Northwest
This site from the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest offers examples of stories and texts written in and about the Pacific Northwest. Essays, commentaries, and sample texts cover five areas: "Texts by and about Natives," "Discovering the Region," "Writing Home," "Aggressive Regionalism," and "Northwest Schools of Lit." "Includes Native American myths, accounts by explorers, pioneer narratives, booster pamphlets, modern poetry, selections from novels, utopian fiction, environmentalist tracts, and travel writing." http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Hist%20n%20Lit/Welcome.html Topics: Environment, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 24, 2009 The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State
Curriculum project about McCarthyism and the fear of Communism in post-World War II Washington state. The site features essays on topics such as radicalism and anti-radicalism in Washington politics and "Hunting Reds in the Evergreen State," and dozens of related primary source documents. Also includes a timeline, bibliography, and glossary. From the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest at the University of Washington. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Cold%20War/Cold%20War%20Main.html Topics: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 23, 2009 |
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