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Alaska State Museum
www.museums.state.ak.us

Email the author of Eight Stars of Gold: The Story of Alaska's Flag
alaskaflag@yahoo.com: Guest Curator/Researcher India Spartz

FLAGS (General Information, World, U.S., Etiquette)

American Flag, U.S. Anthem, State Flags, Patriotic Songs
www.imagesoft.net/flags/usstate1.html

Color Flags of the World
www.fotw.net/flags/cbk-us.html
Printable coloring pages of flags for primary students

Flags of the World
www.fotw.net/flags/index.html
Complete website about flag history around the world, run by volunteers of the Vexillological Association

Flag Report Tips
www.fotw.net/flags/index.html
Simple guidelines by the Vexillological Association to help students write a flag report z

Glossary for Flag Terms
www.fotw.net/flags/flagglos.html

Public Laws about the U.S. Flag
www.niceflag.com/etiquett.htm

Native American Tribe Flags
users.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/indexdbs.htm
Images and information about American Native Tribal flags

Rules for Flag Design
www.nava.org/Publications/GFBF/index.html
A free guide to flag design by the American Vexillological Association

Star-Spangled Manners
www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/allhands/ah0697/jun-pg18.html
Source for etiquette about the American flag

The American Legion
www.legion.org
Homepage for information about the American Legion

State Flag Information

Flag Trivia on-line Quiz
www.usask.ca/history/fraser/na_flags.htm
Good site for developing games and questions about flags for students

Netstate
www.netstate.com/states/symb/ak_symb.htm
Site that includes information about all 50 states including state insects, symbols, emblems and the year their flag was adopted

U.S. States
www.atlasgeo.net/flags/anglais/html/Ealaska.htm
Free animated images for personal use of all 50 state flags

Alaska History Websites

Alaska Geographic Alliance
www.ak-geo-alliance.org

Alaska's Gold
www.library.state.ak.us/goldrush
An on-line resource for Alaskan teachers and families providing historical primary source materials about the Alaska Gold Rush. Alaska Lode, a searchable database has over 1500 items ready for classroom use.

Alaska Native Knowledge Network
www.ankn.uaf.edu
Searchable database on all aspects of Native life and history suitable for students 

Alaska Newspaper Project
www.library.state.ak.us/hist/newspaper.html
Archival access to historic newspapers from Alaska

Famous Alaskans
www.dced.state.ak.us/tourism/learn/famousalaskans.htm
A simple site with abbreviated biographies of famous Alaskans

ILOVEALASKA
www.ilovealaska.com/guide/people
Provides information about Alaskans in various occupations and areas of fame

Juneau School District
www.jsd.k12.ak.us
Search "Elizabeth Peratovich" to locate information, student essays, pictures and teacher resources for this notable Alaskan.

Legal History of the Subsistence Issue
www.akrepublicans.org/Ogansubsistence.htm
Outline prepared for the Alaska State Legislature with references to legal cases on subsistence

Native American fishing rights
www.indians.org/library/bibf.html
Historical documents that can be searched for Alaska references

Native Americans and the Environment
www.cnie.org/NAE/arctic.html
Bibliography of recent materials on environmental issues

State of Alaska, Governor's archive
www.gov.state.ak.us/LTGOV/eliz98.html
Good information and pictures about the Elizabeth Peratovich celebration in Juneau, 1998

Valley Native News
www.akcache.com/community/nativelinks.html
Links to Alaska Native information for the whole state

50 States website
www.50states.com/bio/alaska.htm
Lists of famous Alaskans but requires an additional search to find more biographic information

History Web Sites

My History Is America's History
www.myhistory.org
Help for families interested in exploring family history

Library of Congress: American Memory
memory.loc.gov
Rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States with more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections

Classroom Lesson Web Sites

Blue Web'n
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
A searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools)

Art

ARTSEDGE
artsedge.kennedy-center.org
On-line source to help educators teach in, through, and about the arts

ArtsEdNet: Getty Foundation
www.getty.edu/artsednet
On-line source for ideas and models for teaching arts education K-12

Eyes on Art
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/guide/index.html
On-line art guide helps students learn about art with activities and images linked to the California Art Standards

Museums Alaska
www.museumsalaska.org
Information about Alaska's museums