99 Counties Teacher's Guide
Every county has a story to tell. Explore the different ways that history or science have played an important role in each of Iowa’s 99 counties.
Iowa Core Standards
| County | Title | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Adair | Iowa Aviation Museum | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa across time and place |
| Adams | Corning Opera House | SS.5.22. Explain how economic, political, and social contexts shaped people's perspectives at a given time in history. |
| Allamakee | Fish Farm Mounds | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa |
| Appanoose | Coal Mining | 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. |
| Audubon | Birds of America | SS.3.26. Develop a claim about the past based on cited evidence |
| Benton | Artesian Well | 2-ESS2-3. Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid. |
| Black Hawk | Ice House Museum | SS.2.12. Identify how people use natural resources to produce goods and services. |
| Boone | Kate Shelley Bridge | SS.4.19. Explain influences on the development and decline of different modes of transportation in U.S. regions. |
| Bremer | Waverly Butterfly Garden | 2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants. |
| Buchanan | Wapsipinicon Mill | 4-PS3-1. Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. |
| Buena Vista | Hanover Historical Village | SS.3.11. Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. |
| Butler | Trains on the Farm | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place. |
| Calhoun | Massive Meteorite | 4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers for changes in a landscape over time to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. |
| Carroll | German Hausbarn | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa |
| Cass | Safe House on the Underground Railroad | SS.5.26. Analyze Iowa's role in civil rights history. |
| Cedar | Hooverball | SS.2.23. Given a set of options, use evidence to articulate why one reason is more likely than others to explain a historical event or development. |
| Cerro Gordo | The Surf Ballroom | SS.5.22. Explain how economic, political, and social contexts shaped people's perspectives at a given time in history. |
| Cherokee | Pilot Rock Lookout | SS.4.18. Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions. |
| Chickasaw | Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch | 3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. |
| Clarke | Osceola Train Depot | SS.4.19. Explain influences on the development and decline of different modes of transportation in U.S. regions. |
| Clay | Clay County Fair | SS.4.26. Explain how Iowa’s agriculture has changed over time. |
| Clayton | Froelich Tractor Museum | SS.4.26. Explain how Iowa’s agriculture has changed over time |
| Clinton | Big Lumber Business | SS.2.12. Identify how people use natural resources to produce goods and services. SS.4.9. Explain how the enforcement of a specific ruling or law changed society. (21st century skills) |
| Crawford | Oscar Winner from Iowa | SS.3.16. Describe how people take risks to improve their family income through education, career changes and moving to new places. |
| Dallas | Brick Factory | SS.3.13. Identify how people use natural resources, human resources, and physical capital to produce goods and services. |
| Davis | Harbour Log Cabin | SS.3.27. Analyze the movement of different groups in and out of Iowa, including the removal and return of indigenous people |
| Decatur | Amish Basket Weaving | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa. |
| Delaware | The First State Park | SS.2.13. Describe examples of the goods and services that governments provide. |
| Des Moines | Crinoid Capitol of the World | 3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. |
| Dickinson | Kettlehole State Preserve | 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. |
| Dubuque | Dubuque Street Art | VA:Re.7.2.3a Determine messages communicated by an image. |
| Emmet | Swinging Bridge | 3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion. |
| Fayette | Waste Industry Museum | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place |
| Floyd | Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home | SS.5.26. Analyze Iowa's role in civil rights history. |
| Franklin | Power Plant | SS.4.9. Explain how the enforcement of a specific ruling or law changed society. (21st century skills) |
| Fremont | Rodeo Town USA | SS.3.26. Develop a claim about the past based on cited evidence. |
| Greene | RVP 1875 - Historical Furniture Shop | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place. |
| Grundy | Herbert Quick Schoolhouse | SS.4.24. Develop a claim about the past and cite evidence to support it. |
| Guthrie | Newton Stagecoach Route | SS.3.11. Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. (21st century skills |
| Hamilton | Little Wall Lake | 4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers for changes in a landscape over time to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. |
| Hancock | National Hobo Museum | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa. |
| Hardin | Maynes Creek Chert | SS.3.27. Analyze the movement of different groups in and out of Iowa, including the removal and return of indigenous people. |
| Harrison | Steamboat Bertrand | SS.3.16. Describe how people take risks to improve their family income through education, career changes and moving to new places. |
| Henry | Swedish Dala Horse | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa. |
| Howard | Remnant Prairie | 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. |
| Humboldt | American Heavyweight Champion | SS.5.22. Explain how economic, political, and social contexts shaped people’s perspectives at a given time in history. |
| Ida | City of Castles | SS.4.24. Develop a claim about the past and cite evidence to support it. |
| Iowa | The Amana Colonies | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa. |
| Jackson | Hurstville Lime Kilns | SS.2.12. Identify how people use natural resources to produce goods and services. |
| Jasper | Wagaman Mill | 4-PS3-4: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. |
| Jefferson | Draft Horse Breeding Barns | SS.3.13. Identify how people use natural resources, human resources and physical capital to produce goods and services. |
| Johnson | Meteorite | SS.4.23. Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments. |
| Jones | Grant Wood Art Gallery | VA:Pr6.1.4a Compare and contrast purposes of art museums, art galleries, and other venues, as well as the types of personal experiences they provide. |
| Keokuk | Lake Belva Deer | 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. |
| Kossuth | Trumpeter Swans | 5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. |
| Lee | Keokuk-Hamilton Dam | SS.4.19: Explain influences on the development and decline of different modes of transportation in U.S. regions. |
| Linn | Glacial Erratic Rock | 4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers for changes in a landscape over time to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. |
| Louisa | Lover's Leap Swinging Bridge | 3-5-ETS1-3: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. |
| Lucas | Homemade Candy | SS.4.12. Using historical and/or local examples, explain how competition has influenced the production of goods and services. |
| Lyon | Surface Bed Rock | 4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. |
| Madison | Iowa's Only Highway Tunnel | SS.2.17. Explain how environmental characteristics impact the location of particular places. |
| Mahaska | Mule Cemetery | SS.2.23. Given a set of options, use evidence to articulate why one reason is more likely than others to explain a historical event or development. |
| Marion | Lost Towns of Lake Redrock | SS.3.21 - Use map evidence to explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various regional landforms and natural resources. |
| Marshall | Fisher Art Museum | VA:Pr6.1.4a Compare and contrast purposes of art museums, art galleries, and other venues, as well as the types of personal experiences they provide. |
| Mills | Pony Creek Nature Center | 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. |
| Mitchell | Fort Severson | SS.5.24. Explain probable causes and effects of historical developments. |
| Monona | Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bar | SS.3.12. Use historical examples to describe how scarcity requires a person to make choices. |
| Monroe | Welcome Home Soldier Monument | SS.2.20. Determine the influence of particular individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical change. |
| Montgomery | Murphy Calendar Company | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place. |
| Muscatine | Pearl Buttons | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place. |
| O’Brien | Resource Rich Landscape | SS.2.12. Identify how people use natural resources to produce goods and services. |
| Osceola | Hawkeye Point | SS.2.17. Explain how environmental characteristics impact the location of particular places. |
| Page | Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum | VA:Pr6.1.4a Compare and contrast purposes of art museums, art galleries, and other venues, as well as the types of personal experiences they provide. |
| Palo Alto | Grotto of the Redemption | 4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. |
| Plymouth | Ice Cream Capitol of the World | SS.2.12. Identify how people use natural resources to produce goods and services. |
| Pocahontas | Kaleidoscope Factory | 4-PS3-2. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. |
| Polk | The Jordan House | SS.5.26. Analyze Iowa's role in civil rights history. |
| Pottawattamie | White Bison | 3-LS3-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. |
| Poweshiek | Serv-a-Son Chocolate Bar | SS.3.12. Use historical examples to describe how scarcity requires a person to make choices. |
| Ringgold | Country Doctor | SS.3.11. Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. (21st century skills |
| Sac | Barn Quilts | SS.3.26. Develop a claim about the past based on cited evidence. |
| Scott | Buffalo Bill Museum | SS.3.11. Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. (21st century skills) |
| Shelby | Danish Vikinghjem | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa. |
| Sioux | Tulip Festival | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa. |
| Story | Story City Antique Carousel | SS.3.11. Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. |
| Tama | Meskwaki Powwow | SS.3.28. Explain the cultural contributions that different groups have made on Iowa |
| Taylor | Lake of Three Fires | SS.3.21. Use map evidence to explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various regional landforms and natural resources. |
| Wapello | Rock Island Train Depot | SS.4.19: Explain influences on the development and decline of different modes of transportation in U.S. regions. |
| Warren | National Hot Air Balloon Museum | 3-5-ETS Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. |
| Washington | State Theatre | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place. |
| Wayne | Artifacts from Ag History | SS.4.26. Explain how Iowa’s agriculture has changed over time. |
| Webster | Blanden Art Museum | Standard 11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical |
| Winnebago | Winnebago Industries | SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place. |
| Winneshiek | Ice Caves | 2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot. |
| Worth | Tiny Church | SS.3.11. Provide examples of historical and contemporary ways that societies have changed. (21st century skills. |
| Wright | Quasdorf Blacksmith and Wagon Museum | SS.3.13. Identify how people use natural resources, human resources, and physical capital to produce goods and services. |
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