The last ice age occurred around 20,000 years ago. What were the conditions like? How did our ancestors survive them? These questions are briefly explored in a three-minute video clip. See how in a relatively short time, humans spread...

Has the United States always been an empire? This video is packed with information on America's endeavors during the age of new imperialism, including the displacement of indigenous peoples through territorial acquisition, how wars were...

How did the United States come to acquire two of its largest states? Your class members will learn about the sequence of events that led to and immediately followed the acquisition of Texas and California, including the Mexican-American...

This video [0:25] adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage.

University of Maine paleoclimatologist scientists are working to reconstruct the climate history of this area over the last thousand years. They're researching the relationship between the temperatures and precipitation rates, and the...

Explore Alaska Native history and culture using the 11-minute story "Grandpa's Drum" in this episode from the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. As students explore the importance of diverse cultures and honoring traditions, as well as...

President Eisenhower signs the proclamation to add the 49th star to the U.S. Flag.

Discover what happens when Molly's dog Suki finds a bone with beautiful markings on it in the animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI. After Grandpa Nat's archeologist friend confirms that the bone is an...

In this episode (25:25) students explore Alaska Native history and culture using the 11-minute story "Grandpa's Drum" in this episode from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI. An old photograph sends Molly and friend Tooey on a mission...

David Boxley of the Git-Hoan Dancers discusses dance traditions of the Tsimshian, whose descendants live on the Northwest coast of northern British Columbia and in southeastern Alaska. He discusses the use of masks and other handmade...

PBS provides a program all about the exciting days of the Klondike Gold Rush. Site covers letters from the Klondike and what to take on the adventure. Great photographs.