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This past Saturday the 6th annual Iditarod began. I had Chantelle pick a few mushers to follow. The chose two rookies and one veteran. The rookies are, Rodney Whaley and Melissa Owens. The veteran she chose is Jessica Hendricks. Click on their links to see the positions they are currently running in. They are updated several times a day.
For the most part we are using the offical website of the Iditarod for following along with the race. You can also read updates at Zuma's Paw Prints, a "dogs" view of the competition.
For some lesson plans to go along with the Iditarod, check out these sites:
Iditarod and Alaska Unit Study
There are a ton more links out there, but these are just a few of what we will be using. You can find a bunch more links, all neatly arranged here at Karen's Korner.
Make sure to get plenty of books on the subjects, such as mushers, sled dogs, Alaska, and of course the Iditarod itself. We are reading (see side bar for links to them):
Balto by Natalie Standiford
Iditarod Dream by Ted Wood
Mush! by Patricia Seibert
These are just the few that our library had on the topic. Our library is really lacking in some areas, this one is one of them.
We are also doing the Iditarod lapbook by Hands of a Child.
