Iowa teachers who haven’t done so for THIS school year will have to incorporate Iowa history in their classroom lessons soon. New state standards requiring Iowa history be taught at every grade level were approved by the Iowa Board of Education this spring.

 

That’s Stephanie Wager, the social studies consultant in the Iowa Department of Education. According to the new standards, “active, informed citizenship” and “civic competence” is based on an understanding of history.

 

Iowa is among the last states to require state-specific historical information to be taught in its schools.