Annotated Resource Set (ARS)
Content Theme:
Census of Colorado 1860-2000
Developed by:
Theresa Drafts and Betsy Arnold
Contextual Paragraph for Resource Set:
This ARS collects primary source evidence of Colorado’s population census. Students will start the inquiry
process to compare the census time periods from 1860-2000 to find three large jumps in population.
Students then need to brainstorm why they think the population increased, for each jump. Students
need to locate one primary source that can explain one increase in population.
1.Collect primary sources to gain knowledge of Colorado’s census, start inquiry
2.Exploration of primary sources, sort through sources
3.Brainstorm what in Colorado’s history could have caused the jumps in population
4.Locate one primary resource that could explain one increase in population
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Resource Set
Colorado race census 1860-1990
http://www.census.gov:80/population/www/documentation/t
wps0056/tab20.xls
Colorado Census 1860 and 2002
2002 est. pop.
Earliest pop. count
Arkansas
2.7 mil.
1,000 (1810)
Colorado
4.5 mil.
34,000 (1860)
Iowa
2.9 mil.
43,000 (1840)
Kansas
2.7 mil.
107,000 (1860)
Louisiana
4.5 mil.
77,000 (1810)
Minnesota
5.0 mil.
6,000 (1850)
Missouri
5.7 mil.
20,000 (1810)
Montana
909,000
21,000 (1870)
Nebraska
1.7 mil.
29,000 (1860)
North Dakota
634,000
2,000 (1870)
Oklahoma
3.5 mil.
259,000 (1890)
South Dakota
761,000
5,000 (1860)
Wyoming
499,000
9,000 (1870)
www.census.gov/dmd/www/resapport/states/c
olorado.xls - 2000-12-28
Resident population of Colorado 1860-2000
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/resapport/state
s/colorado.pdf
Notes/Comments:
Questions to introduce the lesson:
1. Define Primary Sources
2. What is Census?
3. Why do you think that in 1860 there was no minorities listed in the census poll?
4. What three years did you notice the biggest jump in population? What historical situations may have caused the increase in population?
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Annotations
Standards
Grade
Level
Grades
3-6
Curriculum
Connections
Social
studies/History
AASL
Standards
1.1 Skills
1.1.1 Follow an
inquiry-based
process in
seeking
knowledge in
curricular
subjects, and
make the realworld connection
for using this
process in own
life.
1.1.7 Make sense
of information
gathered from
diverse sources
by identifying
misconceptions,
main and
supporting ideas,
conflicting
information, and
point of view or
bias.
Teaching with Primary Sources - Annotated Resource Set
Colorado
Standards
History
STANDARD 1:
Students
understand the
chronological
organization of
history and know
how to organize
events and people
into major eras to
identify and explain
historical
relationships.
1.3 Students use
chronology to
examine and
explain historical
relationships.
STANDARD 2:
Students know
how to use the
processes and
resources
of historical inquiry.
Learning Objectives
Content Objectives
Objective 1:
Understand the
difference between
primary and
secondary sources.
Objective 2: Identify
three primary
sources to compare
population quotes
Objectives 3: Find
three time periods in
which the population
jumps
Objectives 4:
Brainstorm why there
was an increase in
population
Thinking
Objectives
Objective1: students
will know how to
organize events into
categories
Objective 2: Explain
historical
relationships
Objective 3: Students
know there is an
inquiry process when
using resources
Suggested Learning
Strategies
1.Collect primary
sources to gain
knowledge of
Colorado’s census,
start inquiry
2.Exploration of
primary sources, sort
through sources
3.Brainstorm what in
Colorado’s history
could have caused the
jumps in population
Suggested
Assessment
Strategies
Links to Other
Resources
Rubric looking for three
primary resources, and
siting sources
Finished charts
showing three time
periods in Colorado’s
history when the
population increased
Points on class
brainstorming
discussions
4.Locate one primary
resource that could
explain one increase in
population
2.2 Students know
how to interpret
and evaluate
primary and
secondary sources
of historical
information.
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Annotations Contd.
Standards
Grade
Level
Curriculum
Connections
AASL
Standards
Colorado
Standards
Learning Objectives
Content Objectives
Thinking
Objectives
Suggested Learning
Strategies
Suggested
Assessment
Strategies
Links to Other
Resources
1.1.4 Find,
evaluate, and
select appropriate
sources to
answer
questions.
1.1.5 Evaluate
information found
in selected
sources on the
basis of accuracy,
validity,
appropriateness
for needs,
importance, and
social and cultural
context.
1.1.6 Read, view,
and listen for
information
presented in any
format (e.g.,
textual, visual,
media, digital) in
order to make
inferences and
gather meaning.
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