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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: shop, math,
art, English
Timeline:
open
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to develop the
ingenuity necessary to live in an environment where
you might never have the right tool or the right
materials to do the job right at the right
time
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T.
Gillespie
Bush Shop or How
to
Learn Carpentry
Without Wood
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 Activities
- Renovate old abandoned buildings in the village.
Have the students:
work up drawings (blueprints) for renovation
mock-up a scale model for replacements identify what has to be
done and what to use to do the job
try to use recycled materials as much as possible;
recycled materials demand solutions that cannot be found in books
try to build without nails and screws.
- Build a structure as livable and functional as
possible:
build chairs, tables, beds, bookcases, cabinets,
doors, windows, and chests of drawers
make curtains for the windows, paintings for
the walls, ceramic tableware; can and preserve food for the larder
abandon the notion that it's wrong for someone
to get something for free: while some
may be willing to pay, others may not be able to pay.
- Install alternative forms of energy: solar wind,
seal oil, or wood (build a 55-gallon stove).
Resources
- anyone and everything
- Kahn, Lloyd (Ed.). (1973). Shelter. Turtle
Island Foundation
- Pirsig, Robert. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance
- Rice, Eb. Building in the North
- Cooperative Extension Service
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Variations
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