Prepared for middle school students, this magazine provides a historical overview of 150 years of medicine in Iowa. Focusing on practitioners, early medicinal practices, and common ailments, the articles include: (1) "Health in Iowa"; (2) "Horse and Buggy Doctors"; (3)"Dandy Home Remedies" (P. Stolt); (4)…

The bibliography presented in this book introduces the reader to the general subject of the education of girls and women in the United States, with some reference to historical antecedents in western civilization beginning with the ancient Greeks. The bibliography is intended as a guide for further study of the significance of gender for females…

This issue of Loblolly, a magazine published by high school students, features interviews with women of Panola County, Texas who are grandmothers. The interviews are designed to facilitate an understanding of the role of women in the development of East Texas. Numerous reproductions of photographs appear throughout the volume--some are quite old,…

The eighth volume of "Folksong in the Classroom" covers three periods in U.S. history where folk music was a cornerstone in the lives of people. The first issue of the volume contains a brief history of the Jewish experiences and hardships and how individuals stood by each other in maintaining a rich, musical, Yiddish folksong heritage.…

This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on women's songs. It contains eight folksongs, each accompanied by background information and…