4th Grade Colorado History: Integrating Boulder County Latino History

In this lesson students will look through the lens of different perspectives of Latinos, Anglos, Native Americans, etc. These lessons focus on local Boulder County Latino History and can be integrated with other lessons. Therefore this unit is ongoing throughout the school year. We want students to build empathy and develop cultural sensitivity and awareness for themselves and others in order to build a greater understanding of what took place in this area. Students will describe interactions among people and cultures who have lived and currently live in Colorado. Students will focus on:

  • Who was living in this area of Colorado and what challenges they faced
  • Connecting and comparing/contrasting past events and people with today

Created By: Sharon Trompeter, Emerald Elementary and Jeanette Scotti, Columbine Elementary 

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Agricultural Work of Latinos: Sugar Beet Farming

In this lesson students will analyze the guiding question: How did immigrants from Mexico influence our local community in terms of sugar beet farming?  This lesson is part of several designed to be used together or as stand alone lessons.  The other lessons in this set are:

Created By: Travis Whitcomb, Mead Middle School 

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