The Great Race to Nome

by Krupnick, Karen; Armstrong, Bev

• ISBN13: 9780881602463
• ISBN10: 0881602469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-12-01
• Publisher: Learning Works

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(1)
The Story of the Iditarod® Trail Sled Dog Race	6	(1)
The Iditarod Trail Committee, Map of the Iditarod Trail	7	(1)
Description of the Iditarod Trail	8	(3)
Race Information and Rules	11	(1)
What Is a Musher?	12	(1)
Musher Record Sheet	13	(1)
Musher Biographies	14	(2)
What Is a Sled Dog?	16	(1)
Training the Dogs	17	(1)
All About Sleds	18	(2)
Language Arts Activities
Great Race Vocabulary	20	(1)
Mushers' Vocabulary	21	(1)
Woodsong	22	(1)
Black Star, Bright Dawn	23	(2)
Great Race Dictionary	25	(1)
Snow Poetry	26	(2)
What Makes a Good Lead Dog?	28	(1)
My Life as a Lead Dog	29	(1)
The Great Reading Race Contest	30	(1)
The Great Reading Race Record Sheet	31	(1)
Extended Language Arts Activities	32	(2)
Math Activities
Tangrams	34	(1)
Tangram Designs	35	(1)
Musher Card Math	36	(1)
Musher Card Math Worksheet	37	(1)
Math Challenges	38	(1)
More Math Challenges	39	(1)
Great Race Mind Benders	40	(1)
Sleds in Color	41	(1)
Sled Dogs in Line	42	(1)
Musher Movers	43	(1)
Extended Math Activities	44	(2)
Science Activities
Aurora Borealis	46	(1)
Alaskan Wildlife	47	(1)
Extended Science Activities	48	(2)
Social Studies and Research Activities
Alaskan Mapworks	50	(1)
Map of Alaska	51	(1)
Native Alaskans	52	(1)
The Tlingit Indians	53	(1)
Inupiat Carvings	54	(1)
The Inupiat Language	55	(1)
The Haida Indians	56	(1)
Native People of Alaska	57	(2)
Amazing Arctic Animals	59	(1)
Dogs of the North Country	60	(1)
Pack Your Bags for Alaska!	61	(1)
Extended Social Studies and Research Activities	62	(2)
Other Great Race Activities
Call Me Courageous	64	(1)
Togo, the Forgotten Hero	65	(1)
The Last Great Race Game	66	(2)
Red Lanterns	68	(1)
Bibliography	69	(2)
Clip Art	71	(1)
Answer Key	72