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)