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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: language
arts, economics, business, typing
Timeline:
open
Grade Levels:
6-12
Purpose: to facilitate
business-by-mall; to involve students in planning
and writing activities either for a community
service or to raise money for school projects; to
raise money from sources outside the
village
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J. Bacon and J.
and V. Lewis
Mail Order
Business
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 Activities
- Buy by mail; develop a catalog resource center:
rural Alaskan communities depend heavily on
mail order companies to fulfill their shopping needs, but few
catalogs are available in the community
make a list of catalog addresses write letters
to request copies of catalogs review catalogs for content and
relevance file catalogs by subject headings
make the resource available to the community
at large.
- Sale by mail; select a saleable commodity from
your area (e.g., glass ball net floats; driftwood; moosletoe; jade;
tree burns; diamond willow; antler, tusk, tooth jewelry; student artwork):
determine a price
advertise in magazines and newspapers and
through correspondence to stores or other potential customers
students can share tasks or specialize in
writing ads and letters, filling orders, and keeping books.
Resources
- 4-H publications
- Cooperative Extension Service
- Whole Earth catalogs
- Tundra Times, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage
Times, other papers
- Alaska Magazine (includes ideas on what
to sell)
- Junior Achievement
- flower shops, gift shops, department stores
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Variations
- Work on a catalog resource center
as one facet of a library development
program.
- Catalogs/materials might be
ordered in multiples and distributed throughout the
community.
- Try buying wholesale and selling
retail. Look for a product that can be purchased in small
quantities, so the amount of risk capital remains small.
(One class sold sling shots successfully.)
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