Eight Stars of Gold: The Story of Alaska's Flag

Eight Stars of Gold
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Alaska State Museum
museums.alaska.gov

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)

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

Rules for Flag Design
http://nava.org/flag-design/
A free guide to flag design by the American Vexillological Association

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
library.alaska.gov/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
library.alaska.gov/hist/newspaper.html
Archival access to historic newspapers from Alaska

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.

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

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

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