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The state curriculum requirements for grades 1-6, provide no
specific scope and sequence model for teaching Iowa history. Data
from the most recent Iowa history teacher survey conducted by the State
Historical Society of Iowa, revealed that Iowa history is taught most
frequently at grade 5 followed by grade 6 and grade 4. In
addition, some schools choose to teach a portion of Iowa history at
each grade level K-6 while others place Iowa history instruction at the
middle school level.
The
Iowa History Online website provides the following lesson plans loosely
structured around the eighteen Iowa History Benchmarks.
These plans can provide a guide for Iowa history teachers as they
develop a scope and sequence model appropriate for their local school
community.
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Iowa History Benchmark:
1.
The Physical Landscape
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Iowa History Benchmark:
2.
Native Americans
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Iowa History Benchmark:
3. European
contacts
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Iowa History Benchmark:
4.
Pioneer Life on the Prairie
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Iowa History Benchmark:
5.
Providing a Government
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Iowa History Benchmark:
6.
Transportation
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Iowa History Benchmark:
7.
The Civil War
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Iowa History Benchmark:
8.
Settlers from Many Lands
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Iowa History Benchmark:
9.
Education
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Iowa History Benchmark:
10.
Religion
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Iowa History Benchmark:
11.
Agriculture and rural life in the early 20th century
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Iowa History Benchmark:
12.
Urbanization
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Iowa History Benchmark:
13.
Technological change in the early 20th century
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Iowa History Benchmark:
14.
Business and Industry in Iowa
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Iowa History Benchmark:
15.
World War I and its impact
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Iowa History
Benchmark:
16.
Depression and WWII
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Iowa History Benchmark:
17.
Post-war Adjustments, 1955-Farm Crisis of 1980s
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Iowa History Benchmark:
18.
Transition to the 21st Century, Farm Crisis to 2002
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