Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
Subject Areas: Alaska
geography, Alaska history
Timeline: one
month
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to help ensure
the study of Alaska geography and history is
enjoyable
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J. Boyle
Following the
Iditarod
Dog Race
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Activities
- Research the history of the
Iditarod Trail before the race.
- Have students draw a huge map of
Alaska, filling in mountain ranges, rivers,
etc.
- Sketch the Iditarod
Trail.
- Have each student pick a musher
and follow his team, moving a marker along the Iditarod
Trail as daily reports come in over the
radio.
- Discuss physical changes in the
landscape as the mushers pass through; discuss effects of
these changes on the musher and dogs.
Resources
- daily use of radio
- butcher paper for map
- write race committee for
historical information
- Iditarod Trail Committee (for
materials and information on race)
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