Character Education

01/13/2010

Meet the Applicants for Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™

Each year, the Iditarod Education Department accepts applications for the ‘next’  Target® Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™.  This year, five teachers applied for this educational teaching experience.  Meet each applicant and view a sample of their lessons.
Kim Busch, Montana…

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07/10/2009

Idita Patch: A Project to Remember

By Sally Simon

It all started with a patch.
The patch was Cathy Walter’s Target® Iditarod 2009 Teacher on the Trail™ patch.  It was sitting on my desk at school after I returned from the Winter Teacher’s Conference in Anchorage.  …

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05/30/2009

Message From a Teacher. . Why We Teach the Race

I was interested in presenting this lesson to my students as a way to celebrate the end of their state testing and to also introduce my students to the true meaning of self-sacrifice, commitment, survival, and endurance.  The project began with…

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03/07/2009

Stay on Track… If You Want to Get to Nome

By Linda Kal Sander
Finalist, 2010 Target® Teacher on the Trail

The trail to Nome is filled with unknowns.  At every step along this thousand-mile journey, a musher has to make decisions.  Some call this risk assessment.  What obstacles might…

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03/15/2008

Habits of the Mind: Nebraska Students

From Students in Nebraska
by Judi Roach
Iditarod Central: Iditarod and Habits of Mind Quest Project
The kids at Central Elementary, also known as, -Iditarod Central; have been learning and using the Habits of the Mind. The Habits of Mind…

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03/14/2008

Habits of the Mind: Thinking Interdependently

Thinking Interdependently
by Judi Roach

Title: Habits of Mind and Iditarod connection

Developed by: Judi Roach

Discipline / Subject: Self-Regulation/Life Skills

Topic: Teaching the 16 Habits of Mind using Iditarod Insider Clips

Grade Level: 3rd Through 12

Resources / References…

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