1. Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomPartners In Learning site Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools.Skype in the Classroom Alice Keeler is a mother of 5 and a teacher in Fresno, California. She has her B.A in Mathematics, M.S. in Educational Media Design and Technology and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology with an emphasis in games and simulations. EdTech speaker, blogger, and presenter. Founder of coffeeEDU, a 1 hour conference event for educators. New Media Consortium Horizon report advisory panel member. High school math teacher for 14 years. Currently teaching pre-service teachers curriculum, instruction and technology at California State University Fresno. Teaches online for Fresno Pacific University in the Masters in Educational Technology. Passionate that kids are not failures, researches gamification in education to increase student motivation. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: English Language Arts CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.8 CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.

2. Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century. © Sergio Ballivian/Tandem Stills + Motion

3. Most of the towns on or near the San Juan Mountain range in southwest Colorado began as mining camps in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. These days, the major gold and silver mines have been shuttered and the region now embraces its status as a destination for nature lovers. Summer’s end doesn’t put a damper on tourism in the area, as ski resorts take advantage of the snowfall that covers the region, starting in late autumn. Of course, for a few weeks, the aspen forests offer a splash of fall color before giving over entirely to winter’s blanket of white. Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

4. 1 Video Search Identify a video that shows an abandoned mining camp from the 19th and early 20th century. 2 Web SearchHow did mining camps become established? 3 Web SearchWhat leisure activities or entertainment did the miners engage in? 4 Web SearchWhat rules did the miners have to abide? 5 Web SearchWhat were some of the dangers a miner faced in a mining camp? Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

5. 5 Minutes Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

6. 1 Video Search Identify a video that shows an abandoned mining camp from the 19th and early 20th century. 2 Web SearchHow did mining camps become established? 3 Web SearchWhat leisure activities or entertainment did the miners engage in? 4 Web SearchWhat rules did the miners have to abide? 5 Web SearchWhat were some of the dangers a miner faced in a mining camp? Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

7. 1 Video Search Identify a video that shows an abandoned mining camp from the 19th and early 20th century. Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

8. 2 Web SearchHow did mining camps become established? Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

9. 3 Web SearchWhat leisure activities or entertainment did the miners engage in? Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

10. 4 Web SearchWhat rules did the miners have to abide by? Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.

11. 5 Web SearchWhat were some of the dangers a miner faced in a mining camp? Describe life in a mining camp in the 19th and early 20th century.