Lesson Plans

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Title Grade(s) Lesson Length
Advancement in Agriculture 1 class period
Alexander Clark: A Bigger-Than-Life Iowan 90 minutes
Alexander Clark: A Visionary Iowan 50 Minutes
All Voices Matter: Women's Suffrage
American Involvement 3-4 Days
An Up Close Look at Kim Reynolds
Anti-German Sentiment in Iowa 50 Minutes
Are Women Equal in Iowa? 50 minutes
Are You a Producer or Consumer? 45 Minutes
Artmaking as Learning Approximately 2 - 3 (40 - minute sessions)
Artmaking as Protest Approximately 6 - 7 (40 - minute sessions)
Artmaking as Working Approximately 4 - 5 (40 - minute sessions)
Buddy, Bopper, Bamba: A look into the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson, and Ritchie Valens
Building Bodies from Nature Approximately 2 - 3 (40 - minute sessions)
Buxton Case Study: Iowa History, A Black Utopia, and the Gilded Age Two 55 minute class periods
Buxton, Iowa: The Former Black Utopia 50 Minutes
Capturing Change 40 Minutes
Change of Agriculture in Iowa 45 Min
Changes in Transportation over Time 45 Minutes
Civil Rights in Iowa 2 days
Civil War & Slavery: Iowa 90 minutes
Collages of Alone & Belonging Approximately 4 - 5 (40 minute sessions)
Comparing Climates 50 minutes
Comparing Natural Resources 50 minutes
Constitutional Amendment Activity 40-45 Minutes
Cool Cats- Learning about museums and life in the 1950's
Corn Production in Iowa vs. Mexico 40-45 Minutes
Creating Research Questions through Primary Source Documents 1 Day
Creation of Separate but Equal 40-45 Minutes
Discovering Daylight Approximately 2 - 3 (40 minute sessions)
Displacement Mini-Films Approximately 7 - 8 (40 - minute sessions)
Do you know your rights? 40-45 Minutes
Farming Changes from the 1800s to 1900s 1 Hour
Fort Des Moines 50 Minutes
Harvesting Corn 40-45 Minutes
Herbert Hoover
How do people's needs and wants change based on their surroundings and make them different? 35-40 Minutes
Immigration and Iowa 40-45 Minutes
Impacts of Agriculture 45 Minutes
Importance of citizens working in their communities 40-45 Minutes
Industrial Revolution in Iowa 75 Minutes
Inequality in Iowa 4 days
Iowa and the Great Depression 50 minutes
Iowa Compared to the World 3 Days
Iowa Did it First...Kind Of. 50 Minutes
Iowa Farmers and the Great Depression Strikes 50 minutes
Iowa Helps the World 45 Minutes
Iowa Historical Land Surveyor Activity 1-2 days
Iowa's Influence on pre-Civil War tension and how it contributed to the start of the Civil War 1-2 Days
Iowa's Role in Civil Rights 50 minutes
Iowan Born Influencers 1-2 Days
Iowan Occupations Then and Now: A Timeline Comparison 45 Minutes
Iowans During the Vietnam War 1 Class Period
Iowans During WWI 50 minutes
Iowa’s State Capitol and the Functions of Iowa’s State Government 2 Class periods
Kicking off on the Oregon Trail 20-30 Minutes
Malfeasance Manifest Approximately 5 - 6 (40 minute sessions)
Media's Message
NAACP's Goals and Impact 45 Minutes
Nords in the Midwest 1-2 class periods
Now and Then 35-45 Minutes
Observe and Combine Compositions Approximately - 5 - 6 (40 minute sessions)
Polio: The Childhood Killer 50 Minutes
Postcards of Iowa Approximately 3 - 4 (40 - minute sessions)
Propaganda and Women's Suffrage 1 hour
Protests During the Civil Rights Movement 1 day
Railway System in Iowa in the 1800's 50 Minutes
Rock n' Roll 101 60min
Rules in Different Places 40 Minutes
Rules Rule 20-30 Minutes
Schools From the Past to Now 40 Minutes
Schools Long Ago 30-45 Min
Seeing Societal Silhouettes Approximately 3 - 4 (40-minute sessions)
Seeing Things Way Back Then 45 Min
Self-Portrait in Three Parts Approximately 6 - 7 (40 - minute sessions)
Student Voices on Race: 1968-1970 4 class periods, 50 minutes each
Suffrage Still Happening 50 Minutes
Symbols of the Holocaust 1-1.5 day
The Amana Colonies 50 minutes
The Beginning of the End of Segregation 45 Minutes
The Courts and Slavery 2-3 class periods
The Impact of Desegregation 45 Minutes
The Iowa Pacifist: Conflict in the Homefront 50 Minutes
The Muscatine, Iowa Strike 45 Minutes
The Positive Impact of Migration on the Development of Des Moines, Iowa 35-40 minutes
The Sullivan Brothers 4 Days
The Women's Suffrage Movement 45 Minutes
Transformation of Technology 40 Minutes
US Homefront Reactions to the War 50 Minutes
What Does My City Look Like? 40 Minutes
What Tools Did People Use in the Past to Help Them with Work? 45 Minutes
Women's Suffrage in Iowa 50 Minutes