February Theme: African Americans in Agriculture
February Lesson Plans
K - 2nd Grade
3rd - 5th Grade
6th - 8th Grade
9th - 12th Grade
Growing A Nation Era 1b: Cotton’s American Journey
Monthly Video
Here are some suggested books that relate to our monthly theme:
![The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamda.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/d4f0a9e7-3d80-430e-8ddc-8b8861a055b5/The+Boy+Who+Harnessed+the+Wind+by+William+Kamkwamda.jpg)
![George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/ea23c64d-c99d-44fe-98ab-85b864f36f8e/George+Washington+Carver+by+Tonya+Bolden.jpg)
![George Washington Carver Ingenious Inventor by Nathan Olson.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/88d6a685-d014-49b4-b587-ec034c138310/George+Washington+Carver+Ingenious+Inventor+by+Nathan+Olson.jpg)
![George Washington Carver The Peanut Wizard by Laura Driscoll.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/2af504ef-3116-4f63-91dd-ff178a676afa/George+Washington+Carver+The+Peanut+Wizard+by+Laura+Driscoll.jpg)
![In the Garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/c2114ee0-e853-402d-b60c-4ddf8078ac38/In+the+Garden+with+Dr.+Carver+by+Susan+Grigsby.jpg)
![Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament by Anne Renaud.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/3d9a472b-c442-438b-bf8e-e3f87e7fbcaa/Mr.+Crum%27s+Potato+Predicament+by+Anne+Renaud.jpg)
![No Small Potatoes.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/6faafcef-6dc5-4708-a339-e4598038238a/No+Small+Potatoes.jpg)
![A Pocketful of Goobers by Barbara Mitchell.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/8acbd921-d97f-44ca-8330-8c353729c18f/A+Pocketful+of+Goobers+by+Barbara+Mitchell.jpg)
![A Weed is a Flower by Aliki.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/aa122260-ad44-4fbc-8092-84702ba41c05/A+Weed+is+a+Flower+by+Aliki.jpg)
![Black Pioneers of Science and Invention by Louis Haber.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/5785dd78-5743-4627-8029-33a114d9947f/Black+Pioneers+of+Science+and+Invention+by+Louis+Haber.jpg)
![Black Women in Science by Kimberly Brown Pellum.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/a153aa6a-7bc9-4348-8e23-35ac514a4931/Black+Women+in+Science+by+Kimberly+Brown+Pellum.jpg)
![George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor (1).jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/806da49b-c800-458e-8fe9-0e8c2095857b/George+Crum+and+the+Saratoga+Chip+by+Gaylia+Taylor+%281%29.jpg)
![George Washington Carver Agriculture Pioneer by Stephanie Macceca.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/e3fa87bd-7953-4bdb-b50a-60c46d23ea72/George+Washington+Carver+Agriculture+Pioneer+by+Stephanie+Macceca.jpg)
![George Washington Carver for Kids by Peggy Thomas.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/766a213a-e60a-472b-99d2-14dfe5e8f194/George+Washington+Carver+for+Kids+by+Peggy+Thomas.jpg)
![A Picture Book of George Washington Carver by David A Adler.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621901cf40655e1816ef57e9/42d5912b-1e02-40a0-bf4c-9138c7863492/A+Picture+Book+of+George+Washington+Carver+by+David+A+Adler.jpg)
To borrow these books, visit the Iowa Ag Literacy Foundation's Lending Library.