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Lesson # 1
 IMAGES
People of Alaska

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Geography/Weather Conditions

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Wildlife

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Transportation

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Sled Dogs

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Mushers

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Iditarod Race
IDITAROD RACE

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 BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

The purpose of this lesson is two-fold:

1.     First, to set the stage for the upcoming unit by having a variety of resources related to the two-month unit, available for you to view and access online.

2.     Second, to introduce you to Alaska, a state you may be unfamiliar with, but which is the setting for many of Gary Paulsen's adventure books as well as his autobiography, Woodsong, which we will read during the next month.
A number of pictures have been uploaded to Lesson # 1 so you can purposeful view and analyze the images. A note-taking sheet will be available for you with some prompts suggesting what you should look for in the pictures.  By doing this before we read Woodsong and follow the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, you will be able to use your new knowledge to make connections to the book’s content and the history-based March race.

Animoto Video Clip of Alaska
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Film A short, video overview of the great state of Alaska
DOWNLOADABLE SHEETS
RUBRIC
This rubric can be used to guide you through the assignments in this lesson. Be sure to write the day we (or you) began the assignment and then, the day you completed it. Your goal should be to earn full credit for each section.
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PHOTO ANALYSIS SHEETS
A picture is worth a thousand words! What do you see when you look at photos? How do you feel? What questions do they make you ask? The images you will be looking at in this lesson will help you connect with people, places, and things that may be totally unfamiliar to you. As a way to help you learn how to analyze images, whether in website, a book, or elsewhere, note-taking sheets have been developed to help you analyze photos more critically. Choose the one that works the best for you, or ask your teacher which you should use.
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DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITIES
Here are three activities related to terminology we will encounter in Gary Paulsen's book, Woodsong. View the images, match the words to the images, then write a brief summary describing what you learned about Alaska and the Iditarod from viewing these images. Don't worry about whether you are right or wrong! This is to describe your thinking, NOW!
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LOOKING AHEAD
Now that you’ve been introduces to the next unit of work, complete the first two columns ( K and W) of
the KWL chart. What do you know about Alaska and the Iditarod? What questions do you have?
At the end of the "Hot Dogs on Ice" unit, we’ll revisit this chart & complete the third column (L).

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