Hello Iditarod Education Department!
My class annually follows the Iditarod. We put up a map and bulletin board in the hallway at our school so that all of the students in our small school can follow along. Each student chooses one musher to follow. We track the mushers each day and log on to the Insider each day for video clips and updates. I integrate the Iditarod curriculum throughout all of my subjectsfor the two-three weeks that the race is on and beyond. I use Iditarod curriculum that I purchased and the educational ideas from this website. We end with a letter-writing project and have a celebration to cap it all off.
I have used Iditarod as a tool in the classroom for ten years.
Last year, as a class we contacted Laura Daugereau, and she agreed to come to our school after the race. She gave a fabulous talk to the children! They were thrilled to have this first hand account of someone who accomplished something so great as to run the Iditarod. We made a quilt to honor her for being the first woman from Washington State to run and complete the Iditarod. I have included two pictures. Hope you enjoy them.
R.R. Wright
Washington
