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Teaching Broomfield HistoryEntry/Object ID
2023.11.4Scope and Content
In October of 1979, for Boulder Valley Public Schools, Kathy Brunner created a teaching plan for how to teach Broomfield history. In the packet are multiple activities to help school children learn more about the history of Broomfield, and to gain a better understanding. Their are five steps included in the packet:
The first step has the children visit the Lakeview Cemetery and make grave marker rubbings.
The second step has the children learn about Edith Dunphy, and about her ancestors who are buried in Lakeview Cemetery. Edith moved to Broomfield at the age of 4, in the year 1899. Her family lived on a farm, in a two room house. The history shares that Edith remembers all of the old buildings that used to be in Broomfield, and how life was back then for the town citizens, with plenty of anecdotes about dancing at Jones Hall, and when thieves broke into the Post Office.
The third step has the students look at maps of old Broomfield and compare them to modern day Broomfield.
The fourth step has the children look at old photos of Broomfield.
The last step brings the children around Broomfield, and shows them all the historical buildings of Broomfield.
At the end of the packet are the maps of old Broomfield, and modern day Broomfield, which at the time of the making of the packet was 1979. The maps are located near modern day 120th Avenue, and Highway 287. Both of the pictures have the old train tracks and the grain silos on the picture, as well the the Depot.
To gain the information in the packet, Kathy Brunner interviewed Elizabeth Brunner, and Edith and Arthur Dunphy. She also had a lot of help from Karen McGuire from the Broomfield Historical Society.Collection
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Category 08: Communication Objects