Teacher Information and Resources for Teaching With Greeley History For Kids Site

Teacher Information This page has instructions, hints, assessments , files, guest speakers and field trip information made especially for the teacher to use in their classrooms. Preview this page at least a week before you plan on using the site for the first time.
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New for 2011 -2012 More anchor links. This is such a long page that I have added anchors to get you to sections quicker. Learn about potatoes, sugar beets and cattle on the Agriculture Page linked via the Facts Page. Lincoln Park now has its own page. It is linked via the History Page. Another new page is one about the Train Depot. It is also linked via the History Page. There is now a page about Dr. Ella Mead via the People Page. There is also a page about More People also linked through the People page. Added "Greeley An All-American City" movie that was made by Northern Colorado Upward Bound. This is a big file. Twenty five minutes long so preload for success. There is a new page Virtual Field Trips (linked on the Recreation Page) showing several trips that I have recorded using Everytrail. There are trips in and around Greeley. Pawnee Buttes is included. There is a new Centennial Village 2010 page that shows the insides of several buildings. There is also a Centennial Village 2011 page. There is a page showing the Crossing Memorial. This is for the students who died in the Bus accident December 17, 1961. The accident is what inspired East Memorial School's name. It is linked via the East Memorial Page which is linked via the History Page. Cameron's 90th Birthday Celebration page is linked via the History page and via the Robert A. Cameron page. Arts' Picnic page is updated with new pictures, video, AudioBoo and a 360º Panorama. Linked via the Activities page. P.O.W. Camp page is updated. Includes pictures and video from the ribbon cutting ceremony on July 25, 2011. Linked via the History page. Linn Grove Cemetery page is updated. There is also a map and hints for a field trip to Linn Grove. Dearfield Page is updated and includes a photo album of the 100 Year Celebration along with a video showing the unveiling of the monument. Linked through the History Page. Greeley History Museum page is also updated. It is linked via Landmarks Page. On-line Writing Pages are now easier to find via the Resources Page. Updated the graphic for Centennial Village On-Line Writing. How to use the pages is here. Added pages about the Greeley Train Depot, Ken Monfort and Dr. Ella Mead and The Crossing. On this page, there are new field trip hints. You may also see images of the Canned History kits that are available through the Greeley Museums. There is also a new pdf file of a tabbed book that students may use for either note taking or as a final project. In the files section, there is printable "ghost story" paper for writing about the train depot. There is also a new more detailed planning sheet to use with this site. You may also print out Greeley History bookmarks to give to students. There is also a small book telling the story about A Million Grasshoppers for print-out. The students illustrate it themselves. Just added coloring and writing papers for students to use to tell About Greeley and The Crossing. There is also a set of papers to write about how Leprino Cheese factory may impact Greeley. Geo-tagged Virtual Field Trips There are two of the Poudre River Trail included on the Recreation Page. This is a good way to let kids explore some mapping skills. I have also added two about the Poudre Learning Center. They may be found via Location page then Poudre Learning Center page. Each of the Virtual Geo-Tagged Field Trips opens in the same window as it is linked in. Therefore, you must back arrow to return to the first page. Map Showing Points of Interest Clickable map showing points of interest in Greeley. This also has a compass rose so children can think about direction as they explore the map.The map moves from east to west. This is also on the Location Page. Points of Interest Map
How the Pages are Written/Hints for Using with Kids While writing the information for the pages, I tried to meet various reading levels that you will have in a typical classroom. The main ideas are in the bolded sentences. I tried to write those at a lower reading level so that kids who are not strong readers will still understand the important information. If all they can read are the topic sentences, they should have a fair understanding of the topics. Having kids work on the pages in pairs also helps, especially, now that second grade does Greeley History. Of course, you may always project the pages via a Interactive White Board or just a computer and projector. Speakers are needed for parts of the site. Hopefully, all of the graphics have Alt tags which helps to identify the picture as it loads. To meet the needs of ESL students, I have attempted to shelter some of the most important ideas with graphics or other media. One of the tricks that I use is to set up a few machines on pages with large files then have students rotate through those in pairs to decrease wait time. The graphics and media engage the students. The trick is to get them to read the information on the pages, too. I assign the pages that they are to research on and have them be responsible for finding specific information. It helps for them to have some type of note taking organizer available. That is also one of the reasons that I placed most of the pictures at the bottom of pages. It also helps with loading time. AudioBoo I have a few AudioBoo files. I have embedded the player which only gives the audio. To see the location on a map and a picture, click on the link. The link is usually below the player. This links to my AudioBoo account which is a different site. Blurb Mobile I have some Blurb Mobile links. This is to my account on a different website. 360º Panoramas are also on a few pages. They are on my Occipital account pages.
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Translated Pages in Spanish Google provides website translations. Google Translation Tool. Greeley History Translated into Spanish
Navigation - Site Maps Search Feature You may search the site using Google at the bottom of this page. Type in your subject then have Google search www.greeleyhistory.org for the topic. Navigation for most pages is set up with buttons on the top left, text links on the top and bottom of the page. There is a Back to Top link at the bottom of most pages.The keyboard navigation keys may also be helpful. Some long pages have anchor links. (Anchor links help with scrolling. They jump to a spot on the page.) Most links and pictures do open up in new windows. Have students look for back arrows. If the back arrow is not available, close any new windows when they are finished with the page or else they will have many windows opened and slow down the browser. Most open in a new window. Once in a while, a link does open up in the same window. When a page does that, the back arrow will be available. I use this with the geotagged Virtual Field Trips so they don't crash the browser.
Plugins You will need current QuickTime and Flash plugins along with a PDF reader.
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Files and Other Materials for Download or Printing
Many are PDF files. You will need PDF reader to access. I added some resources using Flash Paper. Click on the >> to see a drop down menu. Click on the square to see the full sheet in a new window. There are some with scroll bars that you can use to preview the thumbnail.

This is a concept web sheet about Nathan Meeker.	This is an organizer to help students with vocabulary.	This can be used to help with organizing a report.

This has students look at changes experienced by three different groups over time.	Greeley turned down being on the I-25 corridor. Was that a good idea? This sheets helps students look at both sides. This may be a good activity to do in pairs or in small groups.	Internet Research Sheet. This may be used for other sites as well as this one. It has places for Bibliography information.

Here is a Three Column Notes sheet for important events in Greeley's history. White River Massacre is already on the sheet.	Here is a Three Column Notes sheet for telling about Greeley and making decisions about whether or not it is a good or bad place to live.	This organizer allows students to tell how the location of Greeley and the values of the early settlers had an effect on both the agriculture and the recreational activities of the town.

Students can organize their thoughts into the categories facts or opinion using this sheet.	Use this sheet to help students plan their text for a slide show presentation. It uses a simple PowerOut model.	These are cards without titles for planning other cards than the ones included on the other sheet.

Here is a sheet where students can figure out how many snakes Kate probably needed to kill each hour. They then tell approximately how many she killed each minute.	Students can fill in the blanks of this frame paragraph to write about how agriculture affects Greeley's economy.	Timeline strips. Students can piece these together to make their own timeline or use them for information for their own timelines.

Here is a plan sheet to use some of the vocabulary words for a Making Words lesson.	Sheet for students to use after the Making Words lesson for irrigate.	Sheet for students to use after the Making Words lesson for utopia.

Sheet for students to use after the Making Words lesson for pioneer.	Sheet for students to use after a Making Words lesson.	Paper for kids to write a ghost story about the depot. There are both color and greyscale pdf files. There is also an extra third blank page for either.

Word Wall Words You may cut these out and post for the unit. These are on Flash Paper .	Greeley Flipbook You can use for notes or for a final product.	Vocabulary Cards Students draw pictures for cards without photos. They define the word and also write a sentence using the word. Based on the Lansdown Vocabulary Card idea.

Letter writing paper. Have students write a friendly letter that Rattlesnake Kate may have written to a friend after her escapade with the snakes.	Students can use this organizer to explore how agriculture still is important to Greeley.	Before learning about Greeley, students can make predictions about Greeley's past. After they have completed the unit, they may make predictions about the future of Greeley.

Color PDF booklet with tabbed pages that has a graphic and lines for writing on each page. This is made to be run as single pages: Do NOT run back to back! You may use this for student note taking or for a final report or project about Greeley. Includes pages for Location, History, Landmarks, Activities, People, Recreation, Facts, Vocabulary, and Other . To make the tabs, you cut along the outer dotted lines on the pages. Be careful to not cut off the tabs. Put the pages in order then staple.	A book about Greeley Students can write about Greeley and bind the pages into a book showing what they learned. This is a pdf file.	If you have MS Word on either a Mac or PC, use these templates to make trading cards. Word Database and Trading Card Templates for Word merge documents. These will open into a new document as a zip file. Job Aid is here.

This is a 3 page planning sheet that may help you plan teaching about Greeley History using this website.	Bookmarks in both greyscale and color. Includes the steam engine train, the Crossing Memorial, POW Camp, Lincoln Park, Linn Grove Cemetery and Centennial Village. In a zipped file.	Here is a book that you may print out for students telling the story of a million grasshoppers. You run pages front to back then put together, fold and staple. Students create their own pictures.

Here is another book that you may print out for students telling the story of a million grasshoppers. this has a simple cover that would take less ink to print. You run pages front to back then put together in order, fold and staple. Students create their own pictures.	Note taking sheet about agriculture in Greeley.	Venn diagram comparing Hispanic immigrants to German-Russian immigrants

Compare immigrants then to immigrants today.	Students can write and draw pictures explaining the Seven Principles of Greeley.	Greeley had many funny cartoons, postcards and ads featuring the famous Greeley potato. Have your students creat their own fun potato. They could then cut it out and make a funny ad for the Famous Greeley Potato!

The Design a Potato in grayscale.	Coloring and writing sheet About Greeley. Includes a second sheet with lines only.	Coloring and writing sheet The Crossing. Includes a second sheet with lines only.

Full one page info-graphic poster about Greeley with the background color removed. Large 4 sheet version here. Large version needs to be trimmed and taped together.	Info-graphic full one sheet pdf poster about Greeley. Large 4 sheet version here. Large version needs to be trimmed and taped together.	Leprino Cheese factory has opened. Brainstorm how the factory may impact Greeley by using what you know about how the sugar beet factory changed Greeley. Includes a planning sheet and writing paper. There is a second writing paper that is just lined.

Here is sheet that students can use for note-taking about Greeley's history.	Here is a note taking sheet that students may use about a person in Greeley's history.
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On-Line Writing
This is one of my favorite activities. On the Resources Page there is a link to the on-line writing page. It is now easier to find with a graphic link. There students can select a topic to write about online. They have a picture and word bank on the page. It will not save so they will have to finish in one setting. A starter is included, but students may highlight and type over to use their own. If your browser has a spell-check feature, they may use that. If your students know how to toggle between windows, it is useful for them to have the page about their topic opened along with the writing page. This is also a great partner activity. You may print out the writing. However, they can only see the writing within the allocated space to get all of their words printed. The space is 30 characters across for 30 lines.
Assessments These are online assessments that the students can use to see what they have learned at the end of the unit. These may also be found on the Resources page.
Greeley Dates This is a short quiz that has kids type in the year of an event in Greeley.	Fill in the Blank Quiz This has the students pick the correct word to fill in the blank.	Rattlesnake Kate Cloze There is a drop down menu of all of the missing words. Forty-eight words in all.
Matching Quiz Match a Picture from Greeley to its name.	Places In Greeley Match Quiz Match a picture of a place in Greeley to its name.	Vocabulary Quiz Drag and Drop. Shuffles five words each time the quiz is loaded.
Greeley Quiz This quiz will randomly show 10 questions about Greeley. There are a total of 20 questions in all.
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Field Trips
Linn Grove Cemetery 1700 Cedar Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 350-9385 Guided historical tours may be arranged for groups of 10 or more. This would be a fun place to take students to find the gravesites of people they studied. (See the handout below) Be sure to let them know if your class is coming out.	Houston Gardens 515 23 Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 353-4837 Often fourth grade goes here for a field trip, you may want to check with your school's teachers.	City History Museum 714 8th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 (970)350-9220 Guided group tours will have a small charge. Self guided tours are free. Please, make reservations if your group is 10 people or more.
C.O. Plumb-White Farm 955 35 Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 (970)350-9275	Meeker House There is a charge for groups. 1324 9 Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631 (970)350-9221	Centennial Village 1475 A Street Greeley, Co 80631 (970)350-9224 There is a 10 minute orientation video available. Guided tours may be scheduled in advance.
Field Trip Guides
When you are planning a field trip to any of the city's museums, do these things in advance to help have a more successful trip. Think about the field trip from both an educational and logistical standpoint Let the staff know of any activities that you are having the students do while on the field trip. If possible give the staff a copy of any worksheets before the field trip. I Spy sheets Vocabulary lists Fact finding Feel free to bring your own lesson plan into the trip, however, be careful that you do not mis-label site items or artifacts. Keep the tour provider in the loop about transportation and lunch requirements. Take care of drinks and bathrooms before arriving so the tour can start on time. There are rest rooms and drinking fountains on site. Educate the adults helpers about modeling good behavior. Be sure everyone on the trip knows about proper museum manners.
Museum Manners
Listen respectfully. When the guide is talking, you are quiet. Don't touch. Hands have oils on them that can harm the artifacts. Don't touch with your bodies either. Don't lean on railings or against walls, etc. be careful where you are standing and walking. No food or drinks in the buildings. If the class has water bottles, the guide will tell them where to put the bottles before entering. Silence cell phones and other electronic devices.

Click on the picture above to get a printable pdf to remind you of what to do to be ready for your field trip to any of the city museums.	Click above for a color map of Linn Grove that shows 12 Historic gravesites for Greeley. It also shows a thumbnail of the markers in color to help with finding them. (Shows new Circus Men marker) Also includes a few rules before setting off with your class. Permission granted to use the map image given by City of Greeley. Same file in greyscale.
Poudre Learning Center 8313 F Street 970-352-1267 FAX 970-352-1705 Email Ray Tschillard at rtschillard@greeleyschools.org or rtschillard@plcoutdoors.org, or Paulette Weaver at pweaver@plcoutdoors.org or Tammy Rusch at trusch@plcoutdoors.org. Poudre Learning Center Website Come visit the Poudre Learning Center to find out how important the Cach la Poudre River is to our community. This is a wonderful way to get students involved in hands-on learning.
Possible Guest Speakers These are a few resources for possible guest speakers. Try to schedule for a whole unit.
Spanish Colony and Greeley Grays email Gabriel and Jody Lopez gabriel.Lopez@comcast.net They are willing to talk to classes.	Peggy Ford Waldo at the City Museum. 714 8th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 (970)350-9217	Tannis Bator for performing the Rattlesnake Kate Story. Her original performance is about 20 minutes long.
Other Resources Available
Canned History 714 8th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 Sheryl Kippen (970)350-9275 These are themed and related to Pioneer-Greeley history themes. Call to see which ones are available.Each kit checks out for up to two weeks. See the kits below. Click on each thumbnail to see the kit larger. Close the image when done.	Greeley Museum Contacts Main number 970-350-9220 Sheryl Kippen, Educational Coordinator 970-350-9275 Peggy Ford Waldo, Programming Coordinator 970-350-9217 Caroline Blackburn, Research Coordinator 970-350-9219 JoAnna Stull, Oral History Guidance 970-350-9250 Anne Schmidt, Fesitival Coordinator 970-350-9216 Nancy Lynch, Museum Curator 970-336-4184 Carolyn Bowra, Tour Coordinator 970-350-9223 Jody Lopez, Store Manager 970-350-9224	Historic Sites Betsy Kellums Historic Preservation Specialist 1100 10 Street, Suite 201 Greeley, Colorado 80631 (970)350-9222



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