The Last Great Race: The Iditarod
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Jeannine Brand
Libby Davis Susan Seitz | |
| Description | Using today's technology, students will discover the thrill
of a great race across the Alaskan Frontier. This multi-discplinary unit will focus on language arts, math and social studies. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | computer with Internet access
color printer projection device television VCR computer with word processing and Excel calculators | |
| Grade Level | 5 | |
| National Standards | Language Arts
1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. 2. Gathers and uses information for research purposes. 3. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. Social Studies 1. Understands the physical and human characteristics of place. 2. Understands the concept of regions. Math 1. Uses a variety of strategies in the problem solving process. 2. Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation. 3. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement. | |
| Keywords | Iditarod
musher sled dog Alaska weather race | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: Akiak:A Tale of the Iditarod
Lesson 2: Who Pulls the Sled Lesson 3: Mapping The Trail Lesson 4: The History of the Iditarod Lesson 5: Iditarod Scavenger Hunt | |
| English IGO or CSO | 5.2, 5.12, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23, 5.24, 5.27, 5.28, 5.36, 5.52, 5.54, 5.55, 5.56, 5.57, 5.58, 5.60 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 5.11, 5.12, 5.14, 5.24, 5.26, 5.46, 5.52, 5.53, 5.54 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 5.22, 5.26, 5.27, 5.29, 5.31, 5.61 | |