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The National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum is a Science Museum in a very historic setting dedicated to promoting an understanding of the iron and steel history in the region.
Lesson plans and educational materials have been created that directly respond to Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Standards for Education. Skill sets to be developed focus on the building blocks of education in these three main areas:
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Welcome!
Lesson plans and educational materials have been created that directly respond to Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Standards for Education. Skill sets to be developed with a focus on the building blocks of education in three main areas of thinking; history, science, and art.
Featured Lesson Plan-

- Resource Area: Historical Thinking
- Title: Quakers: Pennocks And The Underground Railroad - Lesson #1
- Level: Middle School
- Objective: Students will read and analyze passages, timelines, and images to learn about the Pennock family’s rise from early quaker settlers to iron industrialists.


