Community Outreach
History of Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa
- Historical Timeline (PDF Version)
- Brief History of Bankruptcy in the U.S.
- The Great Seal of Iowa
- Pass the Torch (by Judge Richard Stageman) (PDF Version)
- Regional Capacity Analysis
Student Resources
- Bankruptcy Basics
- Glossary of Terms (PDF Version)
- Declaration of Independence
- U.S. Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Federal Judiciary Act (1789)
- History of the Federal Judiciary
- Understanding the Federal Courts
- History of the Great Seal
- Amistad: The Federal Courts & the Challenge to Slavery
- The FJC web site now includes, in its education section, short histories of federal courts of special jurisdiction and notes on the history of court officers and staff. It has also added links to computer assisted instructional programs on the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedures as well as to their video, An Introduction to the Patent System, both of which are available to the public to download.
- Credit Abuse Resistance Education - Contains important financial information for students, educators and parents as well as presentation materials that are available for downloading. Includes videos, overheads and a brochure.
- Constitution Day Information - This is a program to heighten understanding of the federal courts. More information can be found at the link.
Class Curriculum
- Courts to Classes
- Teachers Institute
- Judiciary Now
- Understanding the Federal Courts (PDF Version)
- Federal Courts and What They Do (PDF Version)
- Native American Heritage Month
- African American Heritage Month
- Rosa Parks (PDF Version)
- Hank Aaron (PDF Version)
- Medgar Evers (PDF Version)
- Louis Armstrong (PDF Version)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (PDF Version)
- Colin Powell (PDF Version)
- Maya Angelou (PDF Version)
- Jesse Jackson (PDF Version)
- James Baldwin (PDF Version)
- Women's History Month
- Hispanic Heritage Celebration
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Resources and Material
- "Emerging Together:" In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Descriptions of Asian ethnic groups
- APA Population by State
- Important Milestones in APA History
- Recommended Books, Videos and Web Sites
- APA Federal Judges
- Part II - Historical Charts and Graphs