Rural Life

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1		Iowa and the Great Depression	50 minutes	U.S. History	9th -12th Grades	Cities Rural Life Towns Weather Communal Groups Disaster and Crisis
2		Postcards of Iowa	Approximately 3 - 4 (40 - minute sessions)		Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade	Innovators Women's Experience Visual Arts Cities Towns Rural Life Suburbs Environments

	Book Title	Author
1	“American Gothic,” Iowa’s most famous work of art	Morain, Tom
2	A System Like No Other: Orphan Trains	Wilson, Dennis S.
3	Amana Colonies	Bremer, Jeff
4	Dexter Community Building/AKA Roundhouse	Kidney, Joy Neal
5	Dexter Public Library	Kidney, Joy Neal
6	From Prosperity to Depression Part 1: 1898-1914	Morain, Tom
7	From Prosperity to Depression Part 3: 1919-1939 The 1920s	Morain, Tom
8	John and Sarah Kenyon: Iowa Frontier Life	Bremer, Jeff
9	Kitturah Belknap	Bremer, Jeff
10	Old Order Amish	Bremer, Jeff
11	Rural Electrification	Morain, Tom
12	Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Visits Iowa Farm	Morain, Tom

	Title	Author
1	“American Gothic,” Iowa’s most famous work of art	Morain, Tom
2	A System Like No Other: Orphan Trains	Wilson, Dennis S.
3	Amana Colonies	Bremer, Jeff
4	Dexter Community Building/AKA Roundhouse	Kidney, Joy Neal
5	Dexter Public Library	Kidney, Joy Neal
6	From Prosperity to Depression Part 1: 1898-1914	Morain, Tom
7	From Prosperity to Depression Part 3: 1919-1939 The 1920s	Morain, Tom
8	John and Sarah Kenyon: Iowa frontier Life	Bremer, Jeff
9	Kitturah Belknap	Bremer, Jeff
10	Old Order Amish	Bremer, Jeff
11	Rural Electrification	Morain, Tom
12	Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Visits Iowa Farm	Morain, Tom