General Resources
Click here to link to the new Iowa Social Studies Standards that include Iowa studies K-12.
Historical Figures
Amazing Iowa
Biographical Dictionary of Iowa (biographies of important Iowans)
Connecting Kids and Culture (field trip database for Iowa)
CultureAll (group offering guest speakers from around the world to share their history and culture)
Famous Iowans (a list of biographies of famous Iowans published by the Des Moines Register)
Geographic Alliance of Iowa (great resource for teachers, including a "giganto" map of Iowa that travels from school to school)
Goldfinch: Iowa History for Young People (Iowa history magazine for elementary students)
Histórical Auto Trails (a website documenting historic routes in Iowa from the Department of Transportation)
Indigenous Iowa (a website sharing information about and perspectives of Native Americans in Iowa)
Iowa Ag Today (a website with short articles for students and 100+ lesson plans for teachers)
Iowa Civil Rights Toolkit (a great brief history of Iowa Civil Rights with activities for students)
Iowa Civil War Monuments (a directory of monuments around the state)
Iowa Council of the Social Studies (annual conference and lots of great resources for state social studies)
Iowa Counties (an interactive map built by elementary students in eastern Iowa to document interesting facts about each county)
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs (clearinghouse for all sorts of resources related to Iowa history, many for kids ages 3-12)
Iowa Farm History Photographs (Des Moines Register photograph archives)
Iowa Folk Life (cultural traditions of ethnic groups in Iowa)
Iowa Geographic Map Server (database of maps related to Iowa)
Iowa History Column (Cheryl Mullenbach is a local author and historian with a wonderful ongoing column about Iowa history)
Iowa History Journal (great magazine that comes out six times a year about Iowa history)
Iowa Museum Locator (directory of museums and archives around the state)
Iowa Pathways (short blog posts and videos from IPTV about every Iowa history topic imaginable with primary sources)
Iowa State Archaeologist Office (lots of resources about prehistoric archaeological sites in Iowa)
Iowa State Historical Society (website with lots of resources for teachers like text sets, primary sources, and traveling exhibits)
ISU Special Collections (historical film clips on the Special Collections YouTube channel)
Travel Iowa: National Historic Landmarks (directory of landmarks throughout Iowa)