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Course: |
HIS 225
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Title: | Colorado History: HI1 |
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Long Title: | Colorado History:GT-HI1 |
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Course Description: | Presents the story of the people, society, and cultures of Colorado from its earliest Native Americans, through the Spanish influx, the explorers, the fur traders and mountain men, the gold rush, railroad builders, the cattlemen and farmers, the silver boom, the tourists, and the modern state.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-HI-1 |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Origin Notes: | ACC |
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Status Notes: | Revised competencies entered 11/30/10 LK |
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
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Arapahoe Community College |
ACC |
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Community College of Aurora |
CCA |
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Colorado Community College Sys |
CCCS |
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Community College of Denver |
CCD |
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Colorado Northwestern CC |
CNCC |
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Front Range Community College |
FRCC |
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Lamar Community College |
LCC |
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Morgan Community College |
MCC |
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Northeastern Junior College |
NJC |
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Otero College |
OJC |
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Pueblo Community College |
PCC |
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Pikes Peak State College |
PPCC |
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Red Rocks Community College |
RRCC |
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Trinidad State College |
TSJC |
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