Extend Your Learning Opportunity Topic: Colorado Students may choose from the following subtopics in relation to Colorado. If there is a topic that students want to explore that is not listed they are welcome to pursue it. Students will then choose a format to present their information to the class. This project is optional and not required. However, many students are very excited about this subject and are encouraged to investigate areas in which they are interested. Subtopics to consider: 1. Colorado Roles-Ancestral Puebloans, The Utes, explorers, trappers, mountain men, traders, or miners. 2. Your own Colorado History-When did your family come to Colorado? Why did they come? For what reasons are people still coming? What impact has each set of newcomers had on the state of Colorado? 3. Create a Map - physical, political, vegetation, population, and climate -the colors of Colorado, lakes, rivers, mountains or The San Luis Valley 4. Read a book related to Colorado and its history. 5. Governing Colorado Our leaders, counties, services, rules, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship

Suggested Forms to present project: Traditional report Board Game Poster board-visual Carve from soap Letter form Sculpt with clay Pop Up book Diorama Prepare a skit

Quiz Show Maps Shadow Box Collage

You may present any way you wish…….be creative. Colorado I commit to this Extend Your Learning Opportunity. I understand that by signing this form I will be expected to present on my assigned day.

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