For years, bands of educators have been trying to free history instruction from the mire of memorization and propel it instead with the kinds of inquiry that drive historians themselves. Now, the ...

We have organized our activities and lesson plans by topic and identified their corresponding programs. We noted if they work best as a pre-visit, post-visit activities, or stand-alone lesson plan.

First-grade students at South Central Calhoun Elementary in Rockwell City and Manson Northwest Webster Elementary in Barnum traveled back in time recently to learn about Iowa agriculture history.