Section
1: Using the Curriculum
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Introduction
Section
2: Using Local History
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Iowa Local History Guide: A Teachers
Guide
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Time
Periods: Overview of Iowa History
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Reflections of Yesterday: Processes for
Investigating Local History
Section
3: Lesson Plans
I. The Land and the Built Environment
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Natural Resources
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Landforms of Iowa
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The Delicate Balance: Iowa's Natural
Resources
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The Art and Soul of the Land
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The Land: Plants and Animals
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Crinoids: Flowers of the Iowa Seas
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Sense of Place: No River is too Wide
- Bridges
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Sense of Place: Red Tail Ridge Wetland
Study Project
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Sense of Place: Interdisciplinary Wilderness
Unit
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Housing
II.
Native People
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Archaeology and Prehistoric Native Americans
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People for the Land: Native Americans
in Iowa
III.
Migration and Interaction
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Getting From Place to Place
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Where People Come From
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Names
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African American Iowans: 1830's to 1970's
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Hispanics in Iowa
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German Immigrants Move to Iowa
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Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin
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Quilting: A Pioneer Craft
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The Mormon Trail Through Iowa
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Iowa and the Civil War
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Out of the Mud: Pulling Iowa into the
Auto Age
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How Women Got the Vote: The Story of
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt
IV.
Organization and Communities
•
A
System of Rules
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Territory and Statehood of Iowa
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You Gotta Know the Territory
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Montauk Historic Site
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Plum Grove Historic Site
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Education
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Iowa's One-Room Schools
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Sense of Place: Our School
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Community Development: Investigating
Local History
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Sense of Place: Change for the Future
- Redesigning Maquoketa
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Fine
Arts and Culture
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Spare Time
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Health, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Privacy
V.
Work
•
Making a Living
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Badges of Pride: Labor in Iowa
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Agriculture: Farming and More
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Iowa Farm Women: More Than a Way of Life
#1
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Iowa Farm Women: More Than a Way of Life
#2
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We've Gotcha Covered: Iowa Insurance
Story
VI.
Folklife
•
Folklife
Guide
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Understanding Folklife and Folklore
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Family Folklore
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Folk Groups and Community Folklife
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Additional Folklife Information and Activities
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Folk Music
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Rites of Passage
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Victorian Celebrations
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The "Write Sport"
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Foodways
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Clothing
Section
4: Fun Facts
•
Historical Moments Fact Sheets
Vol
1
Vol 2
Vol
3
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Quick Iowa Facts
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Iowa Facts Worksheet
•
Fun Iowa Facts
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Puzzle Page
•
Basic Map of Iowa
Section
5: Resources
•
Sense of Place: An Interdisciplinary
Framework
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Recommended Readings in Iowa History
•
National History Education Network
Section
6: Timeline
•
A Timeline of Iowa History
Prairie
Voices
Copyright © 2004
State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines IA
University
of Northern Iowa
