To the Education Department:
I used the map from the website after getting your permission to do so. I printed it and had it enlarged. The cost of enlarging the map was about $10. If I’d had it done in color, it would have been considerably more.
An idea for the website would be to have a black and white version of the map available so copying would be more defined. However, you’ll see from the included photo that the end product was very effective and useful.
I am a new faculty member at University School of Jackson, but have taught the Iditarod for several years with my teaching partner in Albany, Wisconsin. When I came to this school, I was searching for someone to collaborate with on the Iditarod. Ms. Allan, an 8th grade teacher, was teaching The Call of the Wild and was willing to collaborate on a project. With the main character in The Call of the Wild being a dog, what better way to introduce the Iditarod.
Very few students understood what the Iditarod was or what it takes to be in the Iditarod. After an introduction, the students researched about the Iditarod and chose the musher they wanted to follow for the race.
I’ve included two pictures. One is an enlargement of the Iditarod map. Students tracked their mushers daily whenever new race positions were posted (usually in the morning, lunch, and afternoon).
The other picture is where I would post the race positions along with images from the trail and news reports.
The hallway was a traffic jam every time a new posting went up. The 8th graders had a blast following the Iditarod and learning something new – it will become a yearly tradition for University School of Jackson.
Thank you,
Kathryn
Please note:
Educators: Permission is granted to you— allowing you to print the Iditarod map on the website, enlarge it, and use it for your classroom.
The Iditarod Trail Map can be found at the LEARN ABOUT menu tab. Click The Iditarod Trail. (Or go to the link by clicking here!) Scroll to the map. Notice miles from checkpoint to checkpoint are listed on the chart below the maps. The Northern Route and the Southern Route are both included on this page. This map is also a good map to print out for students to use as individual trail maps. Students can use this in their projects or to mark their own progress in “Idita Reads and Idita Races”.
