Iowa Public Television

Buxton was a coal mining town in Iowa at the turn of the 20th century. It was company owned and operated, like many towns at this time, but Buxton was truly unique. The majority of Buxton's citizens were African Americans, and there was very little racism. Using Primary and Secondary Sources, your 3-5 grade students will explore the cause and effect of this fascinating place.

Vocabulary:

Session Related Web sites:

• African American Historical Museum & Cultural Center of Iowa
• Iowa Public Television: Iowa Pathways
• African American Museum of Iowa virtual exhibit

• Outside In, published by the State Historical Society of Iowa
• Buxton: A Black Utopia in the Heartland. Published by University of Iowa Press, 2003.

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Iowa Core Essential Concepts applied*:

Social Studies: Behavior Sciences: Understand how to evaluate social research and information

• Understand the use of research procedures and skills to investigate an issue.
• Understand that human behavior is studied using scientific methods.

Social Studies: Behavior Sciences: Understand current social issues to determine how the individual formulates opinions and responds to issues

• Understand that the way a person views an issue reflects personal beliefs, experiences, and attitudes.
• Understand that personal values influence the types of conclusions people make.

Social Studies: History: Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues

Social Studies: Geography: Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments.

• Understand the use of data sources, atlases, data bases, grid systems, charts, graphs, and maps to generate, manipulate, and interpret information.
• Understand the characteristics and purposes of geographic tools and representations of the earth such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, models, grid systems, aerial and other photographs, GIS, satellite-produced images and databases.

Classroom Resources:

The following related programs are available on IPTV's broadcast or from the AEAs: (Check the K-12 Classroom Television (www.iptv.org/k12catalog) Web site for broadcast dates and times.)

• THE IPTV CLASSROOM COLLECTION: You Can't Go Back to Buxton, program no. 16(Grade Level: 9-12)
• FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR (Grade Level: 6-12)
• THE IOWA HERITAGE (Grade Level: 3-8)

Sessions are provided at no cost by Iowa Public Television in collaboration with the Iowa Communications Network to PK-12 students and the adults working with or on behalf of PK-12 students in Iowa.