Maps and Geography

Chapter 1: Colorado Maps & Land

While looking through these document based questions I wanted to go back and add a bit more rigor to chapter one. The original chapter one questions are very map skills oriented, which is great, but I wanted to add more critical thinking. I encourage you to still use both DBQ sets, understand that they just cover different skills.

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Question Set:

1. Using Source 1: Where are we located in the world? Why is it important that we understand our location in the world?

2. Using Source 2: What type of map is source two? What are things you see on the map to support your answer?

3. Using Sources 3 & 4: How does the geography of Colorado create the five regions? How are those five regions unique from each other?

4. Using Sources 3 & 5: How has Colorado’s geography affected where people have chosen to live?

Government

Chapter 9: 

Our State Government & Get Involved!

      Throughout chapter nine we have learned all about government. We focused on the different levels of government (National, State/Tribal, Local) and the three branches of government (Executive, Legislative, Judicial) and their duties. Taking what you know from chapter nine, answer these document based questions.

 

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1. Using Source 1: Look at the pyramid that shows the levels of government. How many levels are there and which of those levels specifically govern you?

2. Using Sources 1 & 2: Look at the different government leaders. Which level of government do each one of them fall into?

3. Using Sources 2 & 3: In what ways do these different government leaders, and their levels of government, have influence over the counties in Colorado?

4. Using Sources 4 & 5: Look at the three branches of government in Source 4. Using the list in Source 5, sort the jobs and positions into three groups: Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch.

5. Think about what you've learned about government and how it works. What are some things that you can do to be involved in government?

Economics

Chapter 8: Economics

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1. Using Source 1: Sort and group the topics on the list into the three resource categories: Natural, Human, and Capital. Your list must include at least five topics in each group. 

2. Using Source 2: Select two pictures, one must be a good, the other must be a service. Then, explain why they are a good or service and how they might be used in everyday life. 

3. Using Source 3: Identify and list the positive incentives that are included in the picture collage in source three. Choose one and describe a real life situation where that positive incentive could be used.

4. Using Source 3: Identify and list the negative incentives that are included in the picture collage in source three. Choose one and describe the opportunity cost that would be involved in you receiving that negative incentive. 

Modern Colorado

Chapter 7: Modern Colorado


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1.   Using Source 1: Throughout Colorado's history, many people have immigrated, or moved, to Colorado from other parts of the world. How have those cultures affected and helped create modern Colorado?

2. Using Source 2: Look at the pictures and the list of issues that Colorado is facing today. Pick one and make an argument for why you think it is a problem for our state.

3. Using Source 2: How are modern Colorado issues similar or different than historic issues in Colorado?

4. Using Sources 3 & 4: Compare and contrast the differences and similarities between the two pictures. How has mining technology changed throughout history?
 

Colorado Post 1800

Chapter 5: A Changing Colorado 

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Chapter 6: Colorado in the 20th Century

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1. Using Source 1: What day did Colorado become a state? What inferences could you make about where this newspaper article was printed?

2. Using Source 2: If Colorado became a state in 1876, what year was the state capital building completed? Why is it important, or what might be the symbolism, of having so much of the building materials for the state capital come from cities in Colorado?

3. Using Source 3: Describe one way the Moffat Tunnel provided more opportunities for people in the state. Explain your reasoning.

4. Using Sources 4 & 5: Which Colorado region was most greatly affected by the Dust Bowl in the 1930s? What industry would have made situations in the dust bowl worse? Give details t support why.

Gold Rush & Native Americans

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1. Using Source 1: After reading through the diary of the gold seeker, what is your opinion about life as an early settler or prospector in Colorado? Use text support or citations to support your answer.

2. Using Source 2: Looking at the picture collage, describe how the Pikes Peak gold rush affected the people, physical features, and industries in Colorado.

3. Using Source 3: Describe how settler and Native American interactions changed in Colorado over time. 

4. Using Sources 3 & 4: History is retold from many different points of view. What opinions did the settlers and Native Americans have about Colorado, the land, and it's people? How are the settler's and Native American's opinions the same or different?

5. Using Source 4: Evaluate the historic points of view of the Colorado settlers and Native Americans. How are the points of view of Colorado citizens and Native Americans the same or different in modern Colorado?


 

Explorers & Fur Traders

Explorers and Fur Trappers

In Chapter 3 we learned all about the expeditions to early Colorado. We also explored Colorado's first official industry: fur trapping! Use the sources below to help answer the DBQs (document based questions)::

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1. Using Source 1: In Source 1, we see a map of New Spain. Which two present day countries does New Spain encompass? You may use a world map to help you.

2. Using Sources 1, 2, & 3: Looking at the different sources, what are the four different cultures that are mainly interacting at this point in Colorado history?

3. Using Source 3: In your opinion, what are three of the most important events on the timeline that have affected Colorado’s history? Defend your reasoning why.

4. Using Sources 2 & 3: Looking at the information about rendezvous and the timeline what Colorado industry was happening? How did this industry affect the people and economy of Colorado?

 

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EXTRA LINKS

For more information about the famous explorer, Zebulon Pike, check out this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQCgWP8GVU

To explore the world of fur trapping, visit this site!
http://www.thefurtrapper.com/