REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Reference secondary and tertiary sources to construct knowledge and to develop context.

 2.  De-construct complex and multiple sources of information into basic historical concepts.

 3.  Recognize the impact of continuity and change of historical perspective in context of time and space in Colorado History.

 4.  Develop narrative structures and arguments based on evidence.

 5.  Compare and contrast how peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions change over time in Colorado History.

 6.  Analyze events in Colorado History in historical context to illustrate how social, cultural, gender, race, religion, nationality, and other identities affect historical perspectives.

 7.  Use diverse resources for historical research, including libraries, databases, bibliographies, and archives.

 8.  Identify perspectives in historical interpretation using secondary sources.

 9.  Identify types of primary sources, their perspective, and purpose of their author.

 10. Create substantive writing samples that employ critical analysis of primary and secondary sources with appropriate citations.

 11. Construct knowledge by developing historical narratives from primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts.

 REQUIRED 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