Classroom

Teachers and parents overseeing one or more students can sign up for a Classroom account. By taking this route, you will benefit from a virtual classroom setup complete with a focused dashboard where you can monitor progress, manage grades and assignments, and adjust the number of available seats in your group. 

Individual

Users of all ages can sign up for an Individual account. This is the best option if you’re taking the course out of personal interest rather than for school credit: you don’t plan on submitting assignments, tracking grades, or generating a transcript, you just want full access to excellent content from The Nomadic Professor.

What credits does The History of Alaska offer?

The History of Alaska: America’s Last Frontier has been designed to fulfill the requirements of the Alaska Studies (H3110) and Alaska Studies Honors (H3110H) requirements for high school graduation. It is a one-semester course for students in grades 9-12, covering a complete history of Alaska from pre-Columbian peoples to the present. 

Can my student earn high school credit?

The History of Alaska fulfills the hours and content requirements for the credits listed above. Students, instructors, supervisors, and/or parents should organize coursework into a portfolio that can be used to justify the credits and grades claimed on final high school transcripts. The Nomadic Professor does not provide the high school transcript unless the course is taken through one of our partners, such as Aim Academy Online, or Bridgeway Academy. Last, each Nomadic Course comes with an Instructor’s Guide with further details about how to document hours and content for transcript credit.

The History of Alaska: America’s Last Frontier presents a complete history of Alaska from pre-Columbian peoples to Russian exploration and settlement, from Spanish and British claims to “Seward’s Folly,” from gold rushes to Japanese invasion, from earthquakes to oil pipelines. The Nomadic Professor is, of course, on-location, delivering mini-lectures all over the state, from Dutch Harbor down in the Aleutians, all the way up to Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, and a dozen locations between. All of the stellar supplemental materials our users have come to expect from other Nomadic courses are also part of the course, including guided notes, quizzes with feedback, flashcards, “Structure” terms, document lessons, and help videos. Full course content is outlined below!

Unit 1: The Na-Dene and the Eskimo-Aleut (Video: “What happened in Alaska before European contact?”)

Unit 2: The European Arrival (Videos: “Why not a Spanish Alaska?” and “Why not a Russian Alaska?”)

Unit 3: Fur! (Video: “Hudson’s Bay Company in Alaska”)

Unit 4: A New American Frontier (Video: “What was Seward’s Folly?”)

Unit 5: Gold! (Video: “How did gold change Alaska?”)

Unit 6: Alaska Territory (Video: “The first large-scale exploration of Alaska was conducted by…a telegraph company?”)

Unit 7: Alaska and World War II (Video: “Did the Japanese invade…Alaska?”)

Unit 8: State of Alaska (Video: “The Cold War…in Alaska?”)

Unit 9: Oil! (Video: “How did oil change Alaska?”)

Unit 10: Alaska in the 21st Century (Video: “A free and independent…Alaska?”)

When should my student take The History of Alaska?

The History of Alaska: America’s Last Frontier has been designed to fulfill the requirements of the Alaska Studies (H3110) and Alaska Studies Honors (H3110H) requirements for high school graduation. It is a one-semester course for students in grades 9-12

Who grades the student work?

There are consistent graded elements in each Nomadic Course. Daily quizzes are automatically graded and recorded in the student gradebook. Other graded assignments must be assessed by a qualified supervisor, parent, or instructor, who will manually enter scores into the gradebook.

To assist with grading student work, all graded assignments include (1) an answer key, and (2) an easy-to-use checklist rubric. In most cases student work can be graded in a few minutes a day, or in short sessions at the end of each week. The gradebook is pre-weighted, and will immediately reflect changes as new scores are entered.

In some cases students can be trained to assess their own work, perhaps overseen by a supervisor, but this should be decided case-by-case.

Further grading guidance is included within the course as part of the course Instructor’s Guide.

How much time will the courses take?

Sessions are designed to be completed in 30-90 minutes, depending on the reader and what parts of the course they utilize. 

The History of Alaska has been designed to fulfill the hours requirements of a one semester, ½ credit Social Studies course, when taken in full. The course will require approximately 65 hours of work to complete.

Further calendar and planning guidance is included within the course as part of the course Instructor’s Guide.