An Outsider View of Interior Alaska

Multicultural Alaska Series winner of Best Textbook Award-2016. Interior Alaska is a book written by students enrolled in Alaska Studies 2016 course as part of the Master of Arts in Teaching program at the University of Alaska Southeast. The authors include teachers of the following disciplines: Electra Gardinier (Social Studies), Ruth Hogle (Music), ​Meghan Johnson (Music), Joe Lewis (English and Art), ​David Sheakley-Early (Art, Tlingit Language, and Biology), and Cecelia Westman (Social Studies).


Interior Alaska includes a general introduction to the geographical, cultural, and historical aspects of the region, followed by content-specific lessons and activities that meet Alaska’s content and cultural curriculum standards. This resource is intended for teachers, students, and anyone interested in learning more about the great region of Interior Alaska. Enjoy!


This book was developed using a project-based learning approach under the direction of nationally-recognized educator - Peter Pappas. It's a great resource for use in the classroom, and it serves as a model for teacher or student curation of historic content into interactive digital books. More at UASMAT.org