Little Town on the Plains: Keota, Colorado

education standards

Eastern Plains of Colorado, Late 1800s

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.

Technology Developments

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.

Timeline of Events (1860s-1910s)

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.5.3-5
Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.

Engagement #1: Complete the Sentence

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.1.3-5
Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
D2.His.14.3-5
Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D3.4.3-5
Use evidence to develop claims in response to compelling questions.
D4.2.3-5
Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples, and details with relevant information and data.

Timeline of Events (1910s-1930s)

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.12.3-5
Explain how natural and human-made catastrophic events in one place affect people living in other places.
D2.Geo.4.3-5
Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
D2.Geo.5.3-5
Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.

Engagement #2: Cause & Effect

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.11.3-5
Describe how the spatial patterns of economic activities in a place change over time because of interactions with nearby and distant places.
D2.Geo.12.3-5
Explain how natural and human-made catastrophic events in one place affect people living in other places.
D2.Geo.6.3-5
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
D2.Geo.9.3-5
Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
D2.His.1.3-5
Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.

People of Keota

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

Keota's General Store

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

Montgomery Ward Catalog

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

A Day in the Life

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

Engagement #3: Telegraph about Life in Keota

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D2.His.2.3-5
Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.