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Subjects Educational TechnologyMathematics
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Brief Description Students use a primary source document to answer questions about Iditarod winners. Work sheet included.
Objectives Students will
Keywords Iditarod, self-esteem, Alaska, race, primary source, champion, Anchorage, Nome
Lesson Plan In this lesson, students use primary source documents that list the Iditarod Champions and Red Lantern Winners throughout the history of the Iditarod to answer questions on a student work sheet. Notice that, in the Iditarod, everybody is a winner! An award is even given to the last person to complete the race each year -- recognition that the Iditarod is a grueling test of mental and physical endurance. The last finisher is presented with a red lantern that has hung at the finish line in Nome since the start of the race. The longest time on the trail for a Red Lantern Award finisher was 32 days, 15 hours, nine minutes and one second (John Schultz, 1973). The quickest Red Lantern musher was David Straub with a time of 14 days, 05 hours, 38 minutes and 12 seconds. Will this year's Red Lantern winner break Straub's record? Provide each student with a copy of the Everybody Is a Winner in the Iditarod work sheet. The activity can be
Assessment
Students achieve a score of at least 6 of 8 questions correct. Lesson Plan Source Education World Submitted By Gary Hopkins National Standards LANGUAGE ARTS: English NL-ENG.K-12.2NL-ENG.K-12.7NL-ENG.K-12.8
Reading for Understanding Evaluating Data Developing Research Skills
Solve Problems That Arise in Mathematics and in Other Contexts Apply and Adapt a Variety of Appropriate Strategies to Solve Problems
Recognize and Apply Mathematics in Contexts Outside of Mathematics
Use Representations to Model and Interpret Physical, Social, and Mathematical Phenomena
Basic Operations and Concepts Technology Research tools
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