• The Development of High Schools
• Before Formal Education
• The Galland School: An Iowa First
• Early Teachers
• One-room Schoolteachers
• On the Farm
• To Town
• Getting to School
• Schools for Amish Children
• Schools in the Amana Colonies
• The Mesquakie Settlement School
• Education

Iowa's history of quality education began in 1830 in the first schoolhouse in Lee County. Read more about limestone, sheepskin, spelling bees and arithmetic.

 

• Sketch of first schoolhouse
• Interior of One-room School
• Iowa Quarter
• School and Outhouse, 1932
• Frontier Education
• McGuffey’s Readers
• One-room Schoolhouse
• Scarce Supplies

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Reading Tip: Prereading
Before beginning to read, skim the page. Look for headings or sections. What is the article generally about?

 

• Even before Iowa was completely settled, there were schools and education.
• Are there still one-room school houses in Iowa? Check to see if there is one in your area.
• Find out more about the history of a one-room school house in Iowa, the Marshall Center School.
• Find a restored one-room schoolhouse near you with the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance Directory of Iowa's Country Schools.
• Ida County students and teachers take a step back in time when they experience the one-room country school.
• What would it have been like to go to a one-room school? Read what people remember about their experiences!

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Tom Morain, Graceland University

 

1. One-Room Schools
2. Opera Houses