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Marx-Swatfigure - Colorado History (Section Mon 3) Assignments

Instructor
Ms. Elizabeth Marx Swatfigure
Term
2019-2020 School Year
Department
Social Studies
Description
 

Class Title:

Colorado History

Code:

E450

Text:

A Kid’s Look at Colorado

Rating:

2

Prerequisite:

None

Grade:

3-4

Fees:

None

Max:

15

Can be repeated? No

Description: Ever wonder who Mount Evans is named after? Ever wonder why Boulder was established? Ever wonder what your own backyard looked like 100 years ago? 500 years ago? 1000 years ago? This Colorado History course is designed to answer all these questions and more. We'll explore Ancient Colorado, from the time of the American Indians to the fur trappers of the West. We'll explore Colorado's gold rush foundations and how a little mining town of Denver could transform into a booming metropolis. Who knows, you might even learn about a gunslinger or two! This course is designed to bring the past to life and to gain a greater understanding of what makes this state so great!3


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We have been studying about the ancient native cultures of Colorado.  Students started a project in class last week, a Petroglyph Book.  If they could finish their petroglyph books at home and bring them into class next week to share that would be great.  FYI: some of the books have already been completed, and I have them at school. 

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Students must bring their Colorado workbook to class each week, as we will be using them throughout the rest of the year to work on in-class assignments.

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Students MUST bring their Colorado workbooks to class next week.  Please finish coloring in the pictures of the Lark Bunting (pg. 9), Columbine (pg. 11) and Blue Spruce (pg.13) for homework.

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Students will need to bring their "My Colorado State Workbook" to class.

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The "Colorado Life Zone" flip-folder is due next class.  Please finish off this project at home and turn it in next week if you did not already do so in class.

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Students will finish coloring in their second Life Zone layer, Shrub and Woodlands.  This includes drawing the background or landscape and adding realistic coloring to the animals.  If students finished this assignment in class, they have no homework.

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Students who did not finish their first Life Zone layer in their flip-folders, Plains and Grasslands, will do so at home.  Remember to color in the land and the animals.  Then cut out the animals and glue them down.

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Students will complete drawing and coloring all pictures of the Life Zones on pages 19 and 20 in their CO workbooks.

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Students will draw and color in their picture of the Grasslands in their Colorado workbook, page 19.

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No homework this week.  We worked on our Salt Dough Maps in class.

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No homework due for next week.  We did our flag making project in class!

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Students will complete writing about their Colorado tourist destination of choice on page 18 of the state workbook, My State Study of Colorado.  Be sure to include a picture, drawn or printed, to accompany your entry.

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Please be thinking of about a place you have already visited in Colorado or a place that you would like to visit in Colorado.  We will be researching and writing about them during our next class together.

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Please finish coloring in each Point of Interest on the Tourist Maps.  Remember this assignment can be found on page 17 in your workbook.

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Students will complete their word scrabble worksheet on the rivers of Colorado for next week.
 
If you forgot to complete the handout on the Colorado Regions: map work and answering  questions, please do so for next week as it will be collected as well.

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This week students will read the handout Colorado Regions and complete the map and fact sheet about each region as well.  Please bring both with you to school next week.