The links found here are just a fraction of the possible resources available. GOOGLE lists over 1,000,000 entries for "Iditarod" & over 64,000 entries for "Teacher Resources Iditarod." This is just a place to start.

OFFICIAL IDITAROD RESOURCES

FOR TEACHERS

TEACHING RESOURCES

Kim Slade: 2007 "Teacher On The Trail"

Kim's Messages (PDF)

Kim's Lesson Plans & Articles (PDF)

General Resources Pages for Iditarod Race

Alaska/Iditarod Internet Resources: Steven E. Landfried, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, School District of Jefferson, Wisconsin

Iditarod: Walter McKenzie. Some broken links. Some grade-specific lesson plans.

Resource Links - Iditarod: Carlisle student education curriculum. Straight forward list. Updated annually.

The Iditarod Sled Dog Race: The last great race on earth. Webster Schools State Road Elementary Library. Updated seasonally. Extensive links to Iditarod and other races. Musher links. Animal links. Teacher resource links. Good resource.

Iditarod Trail History: BLM Anchorage Field Office. Excellent brief narrative and historic photos.

Iditarod Mushing 101: Jon Little, Iditarod musher, answers student questions.

Background and Teacher Education Pages

Teacher's Corner.net: Winter activities and lesson plans - Iditarod. An on-line mini unit.

Teacher's Corner.net: Teachers forum. Discussion group about the Iditarod mini unit.

Scholastic: Iditarod books and resources. From the unit plan - "Iditarod: Race Across Alaska." Typically complete Scholastic planning. Good depth and breadth. Includes objectives and downloadable resources.

eMints Iditarod: Techno-based learning including "eThemes." University of Missouri Teacher training unit. Focused links and projects. (About eMints.)

Education World, Special Themes: March into spring; includes an unique insight into the race from a teacher-webmaster's point of view. Good links to dog resources.

Mrs. Morgan's Great Iditarod Adventure: Very extensive links to student and teacher related experiences with the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Mrs. Morgan was the "Official Teacher On The Trail."

Mrs. Morgan's Report: Details the winner, the race, the class involvement, and resources.

Focused Curriculum & Units

Web English Teacher: Gary Paulsen's lesson plans for the book "WOODSONG." Includes a play and chapter by chapter activities.

Scott O'Dell, Teacher Resource File: for the book "Black Star, Bright Dawn." Includes links and NEA review.

Sunhusky's Iditarod: Links and resources: supposedly from a Husky's point of view. Text format with embedded links. From Geocities member site.

Character Education: Midge Frazel: unit about Iditarod with focus on "6 Pillars of Character," and "Workshop Quest Resources."

4th 5th Grade Teacher: Iditarod Web Resources. Enough ideas and activities for a whole semester. Includes: Lesson Plans, Printable Material, Literature Connections, Interactive Sites, Web Quests, Internet Scavenger Hunts.

RMTC: D/HH, Iditarod Resources: For the deaf and hard of hearing. Extensive Links, Good Bibliography, Lesson Plans, Web Quests, Activities, Games, and much more. Not just for the deaf or hard of hearing.

Gold Rush Sites & Background

The Klondike Gold Rush: University of Washington Libraries - synopsis & links.

Klondike Gold Rush: Wikipedia, free encyclopedia - extensive & concise history and links and other resources.

Alaska's Gold: Alaska Department of Education & Early Development - excellent collection of primary source materials, (diaries, newspapers, maps, photographs, government documents.) Well written introductions to sections and teacher's guides with extensive links and resources.

Threads of Gold: University of Alaska Museum - Women of the Alaska Gold Rush. Brief introduction and brief biographies of leading women during the gold rush era. Some links and photographs.

Gold Rush Women: Women in Alaska's History, (site dedicated to outstanding women of Alaska.) many links and historical narrative about women & their role in Alaska's history - includes an Iditarod Women page. (Developed for students & by students - Think Quest.)

Homework Help: King County Library System - student and teacher resources for Klondike/Alaska gold rush. Extensive links and focused questions and answers.

Gold Rush Links: Valdez Museum & Historical Archive (site) - very complete links archive, includes bibliography, letters archive, newsletter, etc. good source