STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1.   Acquire information from many sources

 2.   Break complex and multiple sources of information down into parts to create clearer understanding

 3.   Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of time and space on perspective

 4.   Develop narrative structures and arguments based on evidence

 5.   Describe how peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions covered in this course change over time

 6.   Understand the events covered in the course in historical context and recognize how social, cultural, gender, race, religion, nationality and other identities affect historical perspective

 7.   Communicate orally and in writing about the subject of the course and select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems and compile information

 8.   Use different resources for historical research, including libraries, databases, bibliographies and archives

 9.   Analyze secondary sources and recognize differences in historical interpretation

 10. Identify types of primary sources, the point of view and purpose of their author or creator

 11. Create substantive writing samples which employ critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, and document those sources correctly

 12. Construct knowledge in the discipline and synthesize historical narratives and timelines from primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts and critically analyze, interpret and evaluate many different points of view to construct historical arguments

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      The Colorado Environment

 II.     Indigenous Coloradoans

 III.    Spanish Exploration and New Mexican Settlement

 IV.     American Exploration

 V.      The Fur Trade and Anglo Conquest

 VI.     The Pikes Peak Gold Rush

 VII.    Civil and Indian Wars

 VIII.   Railroads and Tourism

 IX.     Ranching and Homesteading

 X       The Western Slope

 XI.     Mining, Industry, and Labor

 XII.    Turn-of-the-Century Politics

 XIII.   Depressions and World Wars

 XIV.    Rights and Reform Movements

 XV.     Modern and Future Colorado