Summer Professional Developments 2025
Dates to be determined. Registration will open in the Spring.
Integrating Social Studies & Literacy into Elementary Classrooms
Explore the best practices for integrating social studies and literacy into your K-5 classrooms. Participants will receive exclusive access to the museum’s primary sources - both archives and collection objects - as well as learn from teacher facilitators who will model best practices for using primary sources and inquiry in elementary classrooms. Participants will work closely with the museum education’s digital and print social studies and literacy resources.
Integrating Inquiry & Primary Sources into Secondary Classrooms
Using what is learned about integrating inquiry and primary sources, participants will use from any State Historical Society of Iowa’s Primary Source Sets, or create their own, and select at least three primary sources that relate to the compelling or supporting question. The primary sources can be from the Primary Source Sets, the Library of Congress, National Archives or a major university archive. Participants will create a single-day or multi-day lesson plan utilizing the compelling or supporting question, all of the selected primary sources and inquiry.
Iowa History 101
Explore all things Iowa History and how to incorporate them into your K-12 classrooms. Participants will receive exclusive access to the museum’s primary sources - both archives and collection objects. Learn about an array of Iowa stories and ways to share them with students of all ages.