Horses and Cultural Transformation on the Plains

Historic Native Nations and Lifeways of Colorado

3rd Grade·Social Studies·US-CO-SS

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Explain how the introduction of the horse transformed hunting range, trade, and mobility.

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Historic Native Nations and Lifeways of Colorado

3rd Grade · Social Studies · US-CO-SS

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Examine the technologies, environmental adaptations, and historical lifeways of Colorado's Paleo-Indigenous, Ancestral Puebloan, Ute, and Plains nations.

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SS.4.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All ages

Describe the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes in Colorado history and their relationship to key events in the United States within the same historical period.