In this collection, eight master teachers with extensive experience in small, rural Alaska schools describe some of the ways they have adapted instruction to rural Alaskan circumstances. These papers discuss: (1) the characteristics of effective rural teachers; (2) adapting the "Coping!" curriculum for affective education to the cultural background and needs of Native Alaskan students; (3) organization and management techniques for the multigraded, multi-subject classroom; (4) using class book report projects in the upper elementary grades to increase vocabulary, create an interest in reading, and correlate with social studies instruction; (5) involving primary students in the mainstreaming of disabled classmates; (6) incorporating Alaska Native games into the physical education curriculum; and (7) using the Mortensen Math program and its manipulative kits to teach multiplication, algebra, and other areas of mathematics to Alaska Native students. Student art, other graphics, and test instruments related to the discussion are included. (SV)