Local Mooresville History For Third-Graders

Here's a slideshow featuring a brief history of Mooresville, Indiana, for third grade students at Neil Armstrong Elementary School.  (Another version plays like a video, if you'd prefer.)

Click (Above) to Play Slideshow

 

 

 Click (Above) to Play Video

We also have some questions-and-answers from third grade students at Newby Memorial Elementary School (2009 handout).

Mooresville Academy School (Mooresville Moments #9)

We have a new local history video featuring Mooresville Academy School.

Mooresville Academy School

(Mooresville Moments #9)

by Mooresville Public Library

Libraries Lead !

The theme to this year's National Library Week is "Libraries Lead!"  Our promo trailer "teaser" elaborates.

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For further details about what we're planning for National Library Week, please visit our feline roving reporter's blog.

Take Our Local History Quiz!

2024 UPDATE:  This display in the media alcove has been removed to make more space for circulating games and videos.  The postcards, flashcards, and handouts are no longer printed to reduce photocopying costs.  Click the images at the bottom of this blog post to see the quiz questions.  To see the quiz answers, click here, or click the last two images at the bottom of this blog post.

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Test how well you know Mooresville, Indiana history by taking our local history quiz.  Paper copies are available in the media alcove and the Indiana Room of Mooresville Public Library (MPL).

MPL Media Alcove (where the adult DVDs & audiobooks are shelved)

(Look for the Local History Quiz display)

To check your answers, visit the MPL Indiana Room to see our flashcard/postcard rack, which has many of the answers, as well as by checking the quiz handout.  If you're really into researching local history, the answers may be found in the many specialized books, vertical files, microfilm, and other resources available in the MPL Indiana Room, as well as in some of the library's local history videos.

Click the images below to take the quiz.

ANSWERS?  Click here or see below.

Rev. Dr. Frank Claude Huston (Mooresville Moments #8)

Meet Rev. Dr. Frank Claude Huston, world-renowned composer and singer, who served as pastor of Mooresville First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) from 1934 to 1937.

Click (Above) to Play Video

We also have a digitized handout about Dr. Huston, as well as a slideshow and an entry on our "Famous Mooresvillians" web page.  Learn more about the First Christian Church from this historical "flashcard," as well as the church's published history, available to checkout from our Evergreen Indiana catalog.