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The State of Colorado has six model standards for K-12 geography education.  Below, under each standard, are unit titles from Colorado's Geography: Mapping Our Past with content that is most suitable for teaching to the standard. Discussion of how activities correspond to these standards is described within each unit's Conceptual Overview.

Getting Started
   What Is Internet Mapping?
   Tools and Buttons and Layers
   Measuring and Finding Stuff                           
 
Environment
Colorado's Physical Geography
   The Continental Divide
   Precipitation Patterns
   Life Zones
Water Resource Development
   Water Resources in Colorado
   Moving the Water
 
Economy
Mining and Population
   Colorado's Mining Regions
   Change in a Mining Town
   Change in a Supply Town
Agriculture
   Soils, Water, and Farms
   Colorado's Farming Regions
Manufacturing and Services
   The Metro Area
   Along the Front Range
   Tourism and Recreation   
Boundaries
Regions of Colorado
   Western Colorado
   Southern Colorado
   Front Range and Denver
   Eastern Colorado
Changing Boundaries
   Defining the State's Border
   Early Colorado Counties
   20th-century County Changes
 
Population
Growth Before 1900
   Early Population Growth
   Late 19th Century Growth
Growth After 1900
   Colorado's Growing Population
   Depression & Dust Bowl
   Post-1940 Urbanization
Native Americans in Colorado
   Plains Indians' Resources & Life
   Ute Resources & Life
   Reservations
 
Transportation
From Trails to Interstates
   Early Transport in Colorado
    Transportation After 1900

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