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Tables of Contents for Iowa Past to Present
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
To the Teacher
1
2
The Changing Land
3
8
Content Objectives
3
1
Vocabulary to Know
3
1
For Further Study
3
1
References
4
5
Defining History
4
2
Describing the Iowa Prairie
6
2
Timeline
8
1
A Joke from the Sea
8
1
Primary Source Material: Lt. Albert Lea's Account of the Iowa District
9
2
American Indians: The Earliest People in Iowa
11
11
Content Objectives
11
1
Vocabulary to Know
11
1
People and Places to Identify
11
1
For Further Study
12
1
References
12
5
Migration of the Ioway Tribe
13
2
Indian Place Names
15
2
Primary Source Material: Henry Schoolcraft's Account of the Migration of the Ioway Tribe
17
5
The Death of Black Hawk
18
4
Many Flags over Iowa
22
7
Content Objectives
22
1
Vocabulary to Know
22
1
People to Identify
22
1
For Further Study
23
1
References
23
6
Locating Frontier Iowa
23
3
Discovering Frontier Iowa
26
2
Who's Who in Iowa's March to Statehood
28
1
Pioneers on the Prairie
29
7
Content Objectives
29
1
Vocabulary to Know
29
1
For Further Study
29
1
References
30
2
Migration Statistics
30
1
Pioneer Transportation
30
2
Primary Source Material: Letter of Ephraim G. Fairchild
32
4
Prairie Fires
34
1
Buying Land in Frontier Iowa
34
2
Pioneer Life on the Prairie
36
4
Content Objectives
36
1
Vocabulary to Know
36
1
For Further Study
36
1
References
36
4
Comparing Pioneer Homes
37
2
The Crowded Cabin
39
1
Rivers, Trails, and Train Tracks: Transportation in the 1800s
40
15
Content Objectives
40
1
Vocabulary to Know
40
1
For Further Study
41
1
References
41
11
The Great Burlington Route
41
3
Comparing Early Iowa Transportation
44
2
Traveling with William Buxton
46
6
Primary Source Material: Travel Journal of William Buxton
52
3
A Nation Divided
55
10
Content Objectives
55
1
Vocabulary to Know
55
1
People to Identify
56
1
For Further Study
56
1
References
56
3
Blacks and Public Schooling
57
2
Primary Source Material: Sarah Parker's Account of the Grinnell Riot
59
6
Women in the Civil War
61
1
Civil War Map
61
2
Iowa's Role in the Civil War
63
2
Settlers from Many Lands
65
9
Content Objectives
65
1
Vocabulary to Know
65
1
For Further Study
66
1
References
66
5
Describing Iowa to a Friend
66
2
Why Did People Leave?
68
1
Pathways to Iowa
69
1
Push-Pull at Work
69
2
Buxton: An Iowa Settlement
71
1
Primary Source Material: Minnie B. London's Account of Buxton
71
3
Providing a Government
74
3
Content Objectives
74
1
Vocabulary to Know
74
1
For Further Study
75
1
References
75
2
Tracing Iowa's Capital Cities
75
2
Schools for a New State
77
6
Content Objectives
77
1
Vocabulary to Know
77
1
People to Identify
77
1
For Further Study
78
1
References
78
5
Country School Memories
78
2
Country School Schedule
80
2
Country School Day
82
1
Keeping the Faith on the Frontier
83
7
Content Objectives
83
1
Vocabulary to Know
83
1
People to Identify
84
1
For Further Study
84
1
References
84
4
Journal of Archer Walters
84
3
Community Profile
87
1
History of Local Religious Groups
87
1
Primary Source Material: Excerpts from the Journal of Archer Walters
88
2
Experiments in Community Living
90
12
Content Objectives
90
1
Vocabulary to Know
90
1
People to Identify
91
1
For Further Study
91
1
References
91
11
The Old Order Amish
91
1
The Budget, an Amish Mennonite Newspaper
92
5
Icarian Settlement
97
2
Three Iowa Communitarian Societies
99
2
Understanding Communal Life
101
1
Life on the Farm---Iowa Style
102
10
Content Objectives
102
1
Vocabulary to Know
102
1
For Further Study
102
1
References
103
9
Yearly Farm Schedule (1880)
103
2
Panorama of Iowa Farming
105
3
Household Task Comparison
108
2
Agricultural Education Past and Present
110
2
New Inventions Bring Change
112
9
Content Objectives
112
1
Vocabulary to Know
112
1
People to Identify
112
1
For Further Study
113
1
References
113
8
Dr. Engle's New Automobile
113
2
The Automobile Comes to Iowa
115
2
Inventions and Their Impact on Iowa
117
2
Figuring Time and Cost in Grandma's Day
119
2
Business and Industry in Iowa
121
6
Content Objectives
121
1
Vocabulary to Know
121
1
People to Identify
121
1
Some Iowa Industries
122
1
For Further Study
122
1
References
122
5
Early Iowa Industry
123
2
Iowa Products Day
125
1
Local Industry
125
1
Current Iowa Industries
126
1
Mining County by County
126
1
World War I and Hard Times After
127
6
Content Objectives
127
1
Vocabulary to Know
127
1
People to Identify
127
1
For Further Study
128
1
References
128
3
Effects of the War
128
2
Farm Diary of Elmer Powers
130
1
The Cost of Living, 1934-1936
130
1
Primary Source Material: Farm Diary of Elmer Powers
131
2
Depression, Changing Times, and World War II
133
9
Content Objective
133
1
Vocabulary to Know
133
1
People to Identify
133
1
For Further Study
134
1
References
134
6
The Beuscher Family of Dubuque
135
2
Wet versus Dry
137
3
From New York to Paris
140
1
Primary Source Material: The Beuscher Family Interview
140
2
The Story Continues
142
4
Content Objectives
142
1
Vocabulary to Know
142
1
People to Identify
142
1
For Further Study
142
1
References
143
3
School Consolidation
143
1
Global Interdependence
143
3
Land Value
146
1
Erosion in Iowa
146
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