Our human communities are essential for our daily life. They satisfy our needs for food, and shelter, as well as provide social interactions. Human communities are dependent on the larger natural community which contains the soil, water, air, plants, and animals on which the human community is sustained. The natural community supports itself and our civilizations.
Every community is unique. Each has its own historical background, natural resources, attractions and unique features.
Explore your community’s history with your students. Check out these websites to help get you started.
- Teaching with Historic Places
- Iowa Folklife: Our People, Communities and Traditions
- IPTV Pathways
- Explorations in Iowa History Project
- Making Family and Community Connections
Project WILD is also a
great resource. Look under Historical Values of Wildlife in the Expanded Topic
Index.
Aquatic WILD
suggested activities:
- Watered-down History- investigate the history of a chosen waterway through research methods, recorded personal interviews, and public records
- Where Does the Water Run?- design and implement a field investigation involving relationships between levels of precipitation, runoff, and percentage of impervious ground cover
