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Welcome to the Iditarod!!
A Lesson by Tara Kopp Gasconade County R-2 Schools
OBJECTIVE

• In this lesson the students will employ
  appropriate stratagies for locating and using
  information, use proper techniques for writing,
  will manipulate attributes of measurement, and
  interpret maps and globes.

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ARCTIC REGION
Glaciers
March of the Penguins
Balto
Images Puffin Rescue
Polar Bear Math
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GRIZZLY
By Gary Paulsen
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ALASKA
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The Last Great Race
Over 1,100 miles long Covers rough mountain
ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate
tundra, and miles of windswept coast Temperatures
that fall far below zero, winds that can cause
complete invisibility, overflow, long hours of
darkness Competitors from all walks of life
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What does Iditarod mean?
1.) Iditarod means clear water and was named by
the Shageluk Indians for the Iditarod River 2.)
Come for the Ingalik Indian word Haiditarod that
was the name for the river on which the town was
built. It means distant place. 3.) From an
Ingalik and Holikachuk word hidehood for the
Iditadrod River . This name means distant or
distant place. This word is still known by elders
in the villages of Shageluk, Anvik, Grayling, and
Holy Cross.
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History
It began as a mail route mail came in and gold
went out all by dog sled The airplane signaled
the beginning of the end of the dog teams The
famous Balto ran the trail in 1925 to save the
community of Nome from diptheria A 25 mile long
race was organized in 1967 to commemorate the use
of the trail and dog sled teams The first long
race was ran in 1973 Congress declared the
Iditarod Trail a National Historic Trail in 1978
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"Widow's Lamp"
During the days of Alaska sled dog freighting and
mail carrying, dog drivers relied on a series of
roadhouses between their village destinations.
Since these mushers ventured out in most all
kinds of weather, for safety reasons they founded
the idea that pilots rely on, known today as the
flight plan. Word was relayed ahead that a musher
and team were on the trail, and a kerosene lamp
was lit and hung outside the roadhouse. It not
only helped the dog driver find his destination
at night, most importantly, it signified that a
team or teams were somewhere out on the trail.
The lamp was not extinguished until the musher
reached his destination safely. In keeping with
this tradition, a widows lamp will be lit and
hung at the Iditarod finish line until the last
musher and team cross the line safely.
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Red Lantern Award
The Red Lantern is often confused with the
Widows Lamp. They are not the same. The Red
Lantern was started as a joke and has become a
symbol of stick-to-itiveness. The idea was that
the last fellow was so far behind he needed a
light ti find his way home. Wells Fargo Bank
Alaska awards the red lantern to the last musher
off the trail.
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Dictionary of Mushing Terms
GEE- command for a right turn HAW- command for
left turn Come Gee!, Come Haw!- commands for 180
degree turns Line Out!- command to lead dog to
pull the team out straight from sled,
used mostly while hooking dogs
into team or unhooking them Mush!, Hike! Al
Right!, Lets Go!- commands to start the
team Whoa!- command used to halt the team,
accompanied by heavy pressure on the brake
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What can we tell you about Zuma?
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And the winner is......
JEFF KING!!!
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What you can ask us about the Iditarod
What event started the Iditarod tradition? What
does the 1,049 mile length of the race mean? What
are some of the dangers on the trail? Are there
any human doctors on the trail? Who do the
mushers take care of when they reach a
checkpoint? What does the Widows Lantern
mean? What does the Red Lantern mean? How do the
mushers control the dogs? What happens if there
is no snow to start the race?
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REFERENCES

• http//www.iditarod.com/4-0.html

http//www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/
http//www.bearcountryusa.com/information.asp?ID1
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http//www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_fe
ature/0101/penguins.html
http//news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/08
12_020812_TVpuffin.html
http//42explore.com/glaciers.htm
http//www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa03240
0a.htm
http//www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/ak_flag.
htm
http//animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/account
s/information/Alces_alces.html
http//www.outdoorsdirectory.com/fishing.htm
http//www.cabelasiditarod.com/
http//www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm