Mining in Colorado (1860s -1930s)

education standards

Gold! Gold!! Gold!!! Gold!!!!

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.

Engagement #1: Colorado's Physical Geography & Mining

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

Adapting to Overcome Challenges

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
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.7.6-8
Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

Engagement #2: Miner Adaptations

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
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.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.

Types of Mining: Placer Mining and Hard-Rock Mining

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.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.

Engagement #3: Mining's Impact on Colorado

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.8.3-5
Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
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.

Indigenous Land in the Mining Era

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
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.His.4.3-5
Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.

Indigenous Perspective

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.4.3-5
Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.
D2.His.4.9-12
Analyze complex and interacting factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras.

What is the Story?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.10.3-5
Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.
D2.His.4.3-5
Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.

K-W-L - What did you learn?

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework
D2.His.16.3-5
Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.