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
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.
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.
Buchanan Wapsipinicon Mill 4-PS3-1. Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
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.
Dallas Brick Factory SS.3.13. Identify how people use natural resources, human resources, and physical capital to produce goods and services.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jasper Wagaman Mill 4-PS3-4: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Johnson Meteorite SS.4.23. Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
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.
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.
Muscatine Pearl Buttons SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place.
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.
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.
Sac Barn Quilts SS.3.26. Develop a claim about the past based on cited evidence.
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.
Wapello Rock Island Train Depot SS.4.19: Explain influences on the development and decline of different modes of transportation in U.S. regions.
Washington State Theatre SS.4.25. Analyze the impact of technological changes in Iowa, across time and place.
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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