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** Title of Unit: ** Who is Colorado? 

** Author: ** Brittany Gilbertson 

** Primary Subject: ** Social Studies 

** Grade Level: ** 3rd Grade

** Time Required: ** 2 Weeks/ 10 Class Periods

**Introduction:**

The unit, Who is Colorado, is about Colorado and the people who have inhabited Colorado throughout time. The purpose of teaching this unit is connecting students with the state in which they live in. Through participating in this unit, students will learn all about the state of Colorado. Students will first learn all about their own family heritage. All students will learn Colorado's location on the map, geographic locations in Colorado, as well as understanding the four different regions of Colorado.  Students will discover the Native Americans and Mountain Mens journeys in Colorado. In the end, students will be able to relate their personal heritage to that of all the different cultures we learn about.

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 * Unit Objectives:
 * Students will understand their personal family heritage along with Colorado's vast cultures
 * Students will be able to find the location of Colorado in the World through the use of maps and google earth
 * Students will understand Colorado's impact on the world
 * <span style="color: #4865d5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students will be able to recognize the history of Colorado's multiple cultures
 * <span style="color: #4865d5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students will understand how jobs have changed in Colorado over time, and the effect of the Spanish language in Colorado
 * <span style="color: #4865d5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students will learn how to use many new technologies such as, Google Earth, Audacity, and Online Flashcards

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">media type="custom" key="3708939" Watch the videos above to learn a few different aspects about Colorado that we will be learning about in this unit. The first video explores Colorado's beautiful landscape. We will be learning about the four landscape regions of Colorado in lesson 3. The second video is all about locally grown food in Colorado. We will explore the different foods grown in Colorado in lesson 4. The third video is about the Ute Indians, which we will be learning more about during lesson 7. The fourth video is about Jim Bridger, the famous Colorado mountain man. We will learn more about Jim Bridger and other mountain men during lesson 8. The last video is about the town of Cripple Creek and the gold rush. In lesson 6 we will explore the events and history of the Colorado gold rush.

**__Lesson 1__**

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Family History <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">We will be learning about Colorado's multicultural identity by asking all the students where their families originated from. All of the students will get the opportunity to share their heritage with the class. Then, students will individually locate the country their family originated from and put a push pin on the country. This will give the students an understanding of Colorado's vast cultures. media type="custom" key="3672989"

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Today you will be creating a Bubble Share and a Blabberize. Review the two examples that I have included above. For the Bubble Share assignment you will need to find pictures of you and your family. We will share our pictures and learn about every student and their family. Next you will create a Blabberize by listing what countries your family originated from. If you don't know what countries you came from, ask your parents or family members. These two assignments will be fun for all students to create. The assignments allow the students to use their creativity. Visualing seeing that all families are different will give the students a deeper appreciation of Colorado's multicultural identity. Blabberize should bring humor to the classroom with this entertaining assignment!
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<span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Knowledge of family heritage (Countries) Computer <span style="color: #166fd0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Blabberize Bubble Share
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<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Where in the World is Colorado <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

In class, we will locate Colorado using a globe, large map, and finally Goggle Earth. Students will discuss in small groups how they would give me directions from the North Pole all the way to Denver, Colorado. Then, as a class we will begin our journey from the North Pole and navigate our way to Denver using Google Earth. Then students will have the opportunity to create a Read the Words Widget. Play the video below for an example! media type="custom" key="3785149" <span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Assignment (homework or in-class): ** Students learned where their family came from in the first lesson, and now they will choose one of the countries for lesson 2. After choosing a country, students need to use a map to figure out how they would get to Colorado from their country. Students then need to type in brief directions (2-3 sentences) into the Read the Word widget. Then they can choose their reader! It is very simple and should be a fun way of learning about where Colorado is and how the student's relatives got to Colorado. Have fun and we will view the readers in class! <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> Map of the world <span style="color: #4865d5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Computer Read the Words Widget
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<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Four Regions of Colorado <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">I will begin the lesson by introducing the students to the four regions of Colorado by listing different land features. From there we will pass around pictures of the different regions and students will tell each other if they have seen the same or similar land features. Afterward we will watch an educational video about Colorado's four regions. The word document that I will use to teach the students is very colorful and interesting to look at. The document also has links to great pictures to help students visualize the differing regions.

**Assignment (homework or in-class):** Open Up the Word Document to learn more about interesting Colorado Landmarkrks! The word document includes great links to websites that have a surplus of information on the four regions. Using this technology shows students the multiple ways to use word, and helps them navigate the web.

<span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Students will be given a white sheet of paper and will need to fold it into thirds across and then fold the upper-left hand corner down. This will leave the students with four regions. Then they need to label each region and put the appropriate symbols that we discussed in class into each region. The students should also make a key for all the symbols in the lower right hand corner of the map. Make your map neat and use appropriate colors for the symbols! Resources/materials needed: ** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">White Paper Colored Pencils Regions- Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Intermontane Basin Symbols
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**__Lesson 4__** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Colorado Feeds the World <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">The students will be given a snack today and while they are eating it they will learn that it was grown in Colorado! Students will be divided into groups of 4 to work on a group project. Each student will have his/her own role in the group. After everyone has completed their portions of the project, the group will learn a lot about Colorado agriculture! From this lesson students will discover that there are many foods grown in Colorado that feed the whole world. <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> Students will also get the opportunity to use a word document that is in project format. Students will be able to fill in the blanks and print to complete their group project. This method should be more time efficient since the students do not have to re-write sentences.

<span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Break into groups of 4 students and determine everyone's roles for the group project. Here is the link to the group project:
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<span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Computer Agriculture Document Internet Printer
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 * __Lesson 5__ ** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Traveling Colorado <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">During this lesson we will discuss the differences in roads, highways, and interstates in Colorado. As a class we will examine Colorado's road system on Mapquest. Included in the lesson we will discuss the lightrail and experiences students have had riding it. Then we will take a tour of different locations around Colorado. Click on the link below to view the Google Earth Tour. Assignment (homeworkd or in-class): ** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Students will choose one of the locations from the Colorado tour, and figure out how to get to that location starting in Denver, Colorado. Students can use Mapquest or a paper map at home to help them navigate their trip. They also need to include landmarks that they would see along their ride. Everyone will get the opportunity to present their directions in class! Watching the Google Earth tour will be a fun and new way of viewing pictures of Colorado for the students. Then they will also be able to learn about the transportation system in Colorado through the use of a highly used website. <span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <span style="color: #166fd0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Computer Map of Colorado's roads: paper map, mapquest, google maps Paper and pencil to write down directions
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<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Pikes Peak or Bust <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">I will begin the lesson by asking students if they have ever seen or been to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs. Then I will show pictures of the beautiful mountain, and teach the kids about the old saying "Pikes Peak or Bust". I will then read the class a story about the one of the men who started Colorado's gold rush, Robert Womack. Next, I will show the class the power point presentation about Pikes Peak. The power point will be fun way to spice up the student's lesson. The powerpoint has interactive pictures and fun sounds that will keep the attention of the student's for a longer period of time.

<span style="color: #166fd0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Students will do a research report on a Colorado mining town. They will discuss what the town would look like, what geographical features surrounded the town, what types of people lived in the towns, and how successful the town was. This report will be in the form of a power point and include a title slide, and 5 content slides with pictures!
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<span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Computer Microsoft Power Point Book from the school library about Colorado mining towns Internet
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<span style="font-size: 130%; color: #26c059; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__Lesson 7__** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Native-American Experience <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Students will learn about the Ute Tribe and Chief Ouray. I will show the class two maps; one of the Ute's territory a few hundred years ago, and secondly Ute's territory/reservation as of today. Students will read a story about Chief Ouray in a small group. The Ute Indians have lived in Colorado for a very long time and have contributed a great amount of cultural history to Colorado. <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: #26c059; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Assignment (homework or in-class):** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Students will be going on an online scavenger hunt. Students should have a piece of lined paper and a pencil to write down their answers as they go on the scavenger hunt. Click the link below to access the scavenger hunt!

<span style="color: #166fd0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">** Resources/materials needed: ** Ute Indian Document <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Computer/Internet Pencil and paper

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<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Mountain Men <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

This lesson will teach students about the great mountain men of the 1700s and 1800s. Mountain Men had a big role in Colorado's early years. The students will listen to a series of three podcasts that will teach them about how moutain men came to be, and interviews with two mountian men. The podcasts will be an innovative way for the student's to learn the material and expand their imaginations. media type="file" key="episode 1.mp3" Listen to episode 1, "How Mountain Men Came to Be". You will learn how men in 17 and 1800s came to be mountain men. media type="file" key="episode 2.mp3" Listen to episode 2, "Jedediah Smith". In this episode you will hear an interview with Jedediah Smith and will learn about his andventures and achievements as a mountain man. media type="file" key="episode 3.mp3" Listen to episode 3, "James Bridger". In this episode you will hear an interview with James Bridger and will learn about his exciting career as a mountain man.

<span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">[|Vocaroo Instructions] Listen to the sample vocaroo voice recording to hear the instructions on how to use vocaroo! Students will make a vocaroo recording after listening to the podcasts and example vocaroo recording. The students will be put into groups of four and assigned a mountain man to research and then make a vocaroo recording. The recording only needs to be 2 minutes long. Students will enjoy having the opportunity to work in a group and use their voice through technology to complete an assignment rather than writing the assignment. <span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Resources/materials needed: ** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Computer Microphone Vocaroo Recording Research information about assigned mountain man
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**__Lesson 9__** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> **Title of lesson:** How Jobs Changed Over Time <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">We will begin the lesson by listing different jobs of parents, family members, and friends up on the board. Then we will pass around pictures of jobs done back in the 1800s and 1900s. As a class we will discuss the difference in jobs now and in the past. We will also discuss jobs that have remained the same throughout history. <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

media type="custom" key="3673037" <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Timeline: Students will make a technological timeline using an online software called Timetoast. Students need to choose 5 jobs from the past and 5 jobs that are present today. It is okay if some of the jobs from the past still exist today! Timetoast is a fun way to make a timeline because students get to type everything which makes the timeline very neat and organized. The Timecoast timeline is very easy to use and will be more time efficient rather than making a traditional paper timeline. <span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Resources/materials needed: ** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Knowledge of past and present jobs from notes in class Computer Timecoast
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<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Title of lesson: ** Spanish Language Influence in Colorado <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">In this lesson, students will learn about the migration from south to north. I will tell stories about famous Spanish settlers and their lasting imprint on Colorado. We will focus on southern Colorado and the origination of the names of cities counties, mountain ranges, and rivers. Play the video below to learn about the Spanish language influence in Colorado! Students always enjoy watching videos, and this is an educational slideshow! <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">media type="file" key="Spanish Influence.wmv"

<span style="color: rgb(72,101,213); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">** Assignment (homework or in-class): ** <span style="color: rgb(22,111,208); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> Students will be given a set list of Colorado Spanish words. They will need to look the words up, find the meanings and make flashcards using the IQ Fuse program. Preview my example above. The online flashcards are free and do not waste paper like traditional flashcards. Students will enjoy the application of putting the cards in piles based on knowledge of the answer. Students who prefer typing will really like this program.

Computer List of Spanish words [|Flashcards]
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