Officials with the Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn say the museum has received a Prairie Meadows Community Betterment Grant in the amount of $5,000.

Standing L-R representing Prairie Meadows, Paul Rogness, Board of Directors, Linda Grandquist, Board of Directors and Grant Advisory Committee, Dolph Pulliam, Grant Advisory Committee; seated is Terri Johnson, The Danish Immigrant Museum. (Danish Immigrant Museum/photo)

The grant, which was presented at an awards luncheon on March 4th,  will help provide for the contract position of educator for The Danish Immigrant Museum.

That person will create grade-specific lesson plans, plus an activity plan for field trips that can be implemented by existing staff at the Museum and the Danish Windmill, in collaboration with the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Schools.   The topics will include: “Wind Power Past and Present” (Grades 6-12); “From Prairie to Farm to Table” (K-6); and “Immigration and Iowa Pioneer Life” (Grades 3-6).   The project is to be completed between June 2013 and March 2014.

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For more information about the museum, call 712-764-7001, or visit www.danishmuseum.org