Population
Population
Growth Before 1900
Essential Concepts
A key concept throughout
these Activities (and those of the "After 1900" set below)
is that Colorado’s population has gone through periods of rapid
growth and periods of stagnation or decline because of its
traditional boom-bust
economy. In Activity PE-1, students look at the earliest town
development in the state, after the Gold Rush. Activity PE-2 shows the
explosive growth of the 1880s and contrasts it to the period of
stagnation of the 1890s that followed the 1893 Silver Panic.
Click on
"Population Growth Before 1900" Conceptual Overview (with answer key)
for more information.
Student
Worksheets
Worksheet
PE-1 Early Population Growth
Worksheet
PE-2 Late 19th Century Growth
Internet
Mapping Activities
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Activity
PE-1 Early Population Growth
Activity
PE-2 Late 19th Century Growth
Population
Growth After 1900
Essential Concepts
In
Activity PL-1, students note the rapid population growth
in the Eastern Plains from 1900 to 1920. The
maps that students view in Activity PL-2 show a major
depopulation of the Eastern Plains. Many farmers had not successfully adapted to the semiarid Plains
environment, which illustrates the geographic concept of human-environment
interaction. Activity PL-3 looks at the post- World War 2 changes in
Colorado's population, including the boom in population after 1990.
Click on
"Population Growth After 1900" Conceptual Overview (with
answer
key) for more information.
Student
Worksheets
Worksheet
PL-1 Colorado's Growing
Population
Worksheet
PL-2 Depression and Dust Bowl
Worksheet
PL-3 Post-1940 Urbanization
Internet
Mapping Activities
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Activity
PL-1 Colorado's
Growing Population
Activity
PL-2 Depression and Dust Bowl
Activity
PL-3 Post-1940 Urbanization
This
unit is currently being revised.
Native
Americans in Colorado
Essential Concepts
These
activities will help students understand the geographic locations
and environments of the major Native American tribes living in the
area of what became Colorado. Some attention is also given to
the migration patterns of Native American groups in the late 18th
and early 19th centuries, before the large-scale immigration of
Euro-American settlers. Students will use the analytical tools of
the GIS to identify the areas that were most suitable for buffalo
hunting on the Plains. Finally, the activities' maps will show the
progressive reduction of lands under Native American control in
Colorado.
Student
Worksheets
Worksheet
NA-1 Plains Indians' Resources and Lifestyle
Worksheet
NA-2 Ute Resources and Lifestyle
Worksheet
NA-3 Reservations
Internet
Mapping Activities
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Activity
NA-1 Plains
Indians' Resources and Lifestyle
Activity
NA-2 Ute
Resources and Lifestyle
Activity
NA-3 Reservations
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