Typical Salaries in the USA

After you read "Salaries" in Facts and Figures, click on the link below to find some typical salaries, best jobs, jobs that are increasing, jobs with the best benefits, best job satisfaction most dangerous jobs, etc.

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/12/14/the_10_best_careers_--_by_starting_salary_best_benefits_job_satisfaction__amp_more.htm

North to Alaska!

After you complete the State of Illinois assignments, we will concentrate on Alaska, especially the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. Eventually, we will read a very good story about two gold miners. The link below will introduce you to the Klondike Gold Rush on the Yukon River in both Alaska and Canada. Do you think you would have participated in the Gold Rush if you were alive in 1896? Whose life is more difficult? Yours today or a gold miner's in 1896?
Sometimes the weather there was - 20 F. They had to sleep in tents. Imagine that!

http://library.thinkquest.org/5181/GoldFact.htm

http://www.questconnect.org/ak_klondike.htm

Large Color Map of Illinois

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/printpage/illarge.htm

Use this map to fill in the blanks on your map of Illinois.

Base Maps of Illinois

http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/mapcom/il_mapscom.htm

Study the two maps. Do you feel familiar with the state of Illinois?

State of Illinois

http://www.elcivics.com/state-lessons/illinois-lesson-1.html

Please read about the State of Illinois. Then check out other states: Georgia, Montana, and Alaska. After that, please choose one other state that you are interested in.