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Download full textRuth, Amy, Ed. – Goldfinch, 1996
This theme issue of "The Goldfinch" presents the story of Iowans at work beginning with the Ioway Indians before 1830 through the Great Depression of the 1930s. One article looks at how children worked to help their families buy food and clothing. Organized labor helped all workers in Iowa by providing better working conditions. Women in…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Elementary Education, Family History, Local History
Ruth, Amy, Ed. – Goldfinch, 1997
This theme issue of "The Goldfinch" focuses on the main streets in Iowa's past. Residential and business patterns are discussed with an analysis of successes and failures. Efforts of young Iowans involved in preservation of a historic town square in their community are described. Activities, fiction selections, and nonfictional accounts…
Descriptors: Architecture, Demography, Elementary Education, Family History
Ruth, Amy, Ed. – Goldfinch, 1995
This issue of "The Goldfinch" focuses on Iowa history. The booklet is divided into two sections. Section 1, "Features," contains the following: (1) "Looking for History"; (2) "Talking History"; (3) "Climbing the Family Tree"; (4) "Tribal Storytelling"; (5) "News About You"; (6)…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Family History, Folk Culture
