Juniata Valley Charcoal Iron Heritage for Grades K to 12
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This course is designed for teachers of all grades who incorporate geography, science, history, technology, environmental science and local history into their curriculum. It will introduce teachers to the heritage of charcoal iron production in the Juniata Valley of Central Pennsylvania, where dozens of ironworks once existed. For most of the first half of the 19th century, the Juniata Iron District was the principal iron-producing region in the United States, and its signature collective product - Juniata Charcoal Iron - was world-renowned as some of the best iron made. The iron industry had a tremendous impact on the local area, and the educational aspects of this industry is a multi-disciplinary approach, including cultural geography, environmental devastation and reclamation, technological change, and local industrial history. The course is designed to aid teachers in discovering and incorporating the local iron industry into their classroom. In addition, the course introduces teachers to the region’s best-preserved iron site open to the public - Greenwood Furnace State Park - and how the site can be utilized as an outdoor classroom for their students. There are no prerequisites for the course. A copy of the "Teacher’s Guide to Greenwood Furnace" is provided as part of the course.
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