Iditarod

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Iditarod

• Sled Dog Race

Designed by Mrs. Tedeschi May 2006
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The Iditarod Race

• Run in Alaska the first weekend in March
• The course goes from Anchorage to Nome
• The course is 1150 miles long
• Takes 9-17 days

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Iditarod Teamwork

• One musher
• 12 -16 Sled Dogs
• Alaskan Huskies are the most commonly used dogs
  on teams

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• Alaska's Jr. Iditarod

• 14-17 year old mushers
• 140 mile race
• Held one week before the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
  Race

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Image Resources

• Slide 1 image
• Farr R.C., Strickland, D. S., Beck, I.L.
  (2001). Collections Pathways to adventure.
  Orlando, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego
  Harcourt, Inc.
• Slide 2 image
• http//www.skytrekkingalaska.com/idititin.html
• Slide 3 image
• http//www.ak-alaska.com/idit.html
• Slide 4 image
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
  junior/index.asp?articlewinner2006

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Text Resources

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
  historic/index.asp?articlehistoric_iditarod
• Farr R.C., Strickland, D. S., Beck, I.L.
  (2001). Collections Pathways to adventure.
  Orlando, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego
  Harcourt, Inc.
• Burmark, Lynelle. (2002). Visual literacy Learn
  to see, see to learn. Alexandria, VA Association
  for Supervision and Curriculum Development.