Iowa
Subtitle: past to present : the people and the prairie
By: Dorothy Schwieder, Thomas Morain, Lynn Nielsen.
Contributors: Morain, Thomas J., 1947-; Nielsen, Lynn, 1947-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ames
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Iowa -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Iowa -- History.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: A textbook for fifth grade students which traces the history of Iowa from its earliest inhabitants to the coming of modern times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The changing land; title: American Indians : the earliest people in Iowa; title: Many flags over Iowa; title: Pioneers on the prairie; title: Pioneer life on the prairie; title: Rivers, trails, and train tracks : transportation in the 1800s; title: A nation divided; title: Settlers from many lands; title: Providing a government; title: Schools for a new state; title: Keeping the faith on the frontier; title: Experiments in community living; title: Life on the farm, Iowa style; title: New inventions bring change; title: Business and industry in Iowa; title: World War I and hard times after; title: Depression, changing times, and World War II; title: The story continues.