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These are words that are important to Greeley's history. Click on a word to hear it pronounced.

Adobe
A brick or building material made of a sun-dried mixture of mud and straw. It is used a lot in Mexico and the Southwest for homes.
adobe
This is an adobe brick. Here is a movie on making adobe from Potato Days.
Explanation of adobe and how it is used to build homes
Agriculture
Working the soil (plowing, planting, fertilizing) , producing crops (growing fruits or vegetables), and raising livestock (animals: cattle, sheep): Farming
Explanation of agriculture
Cattle cow
Some cattle grazing. This is an example of livestock. A cow. This is the most common livestock raised in the Greeley area.
corn hay bales
Corn. A crop grown near Greeley. Haybales. Another crop grown in Weld County.
corn fields  
Farming fields  
Butte
a hill with steep sides standing in a flat area
Pawnee Buttes Here is a picture of the Pawnee Buttes located near Greeley.
Colony
a group of similar (alike) people living together.
Immigrant
A person who moves to a new country to live.
Irrigate
To water an area by man-made (artificial) ways to grow crops or plants. Watering can be done by spreading, sprinkling, or dripping. Many places irrigate by digging a ditch for the water to run down between rows of crops. People irrigate because of the scarcity of natural percipitation.
Explanation of irrigate and an irrigation ditch
irrigation ditch irrigation ditch
These are pictures of a couple of irrigation ditches in corn fields. The water is low because it is getting close to harvest.
Click on the picture on the left to see a short Quicktime Movie of the irrigation ditch.
# 3 Ditch 33 ditch again
Here is one of the original (first) irrigation ditches in Greeley. This is the #3 ditch. It is dry because it is after harvest. Here is a second picture of the #3 ditch. It is dry because it is after harvest.
irrigation ditch spring irrigation spring
Ditch #3 in spring. Notice how much more water is in the ditch for planting season. Ditch #3 in spring. Notice how much more water is in the ditch for planting season.
Here is a short movie of the #3 Ditch and some other irrigation ditches.
Massacre
a brutal killing of people.
Migrant
A worker who moves from place to place during the seasons to work. Usually on farms.

Pioneer
One of the first people to settle in an area

A Leader in a business, field, activity or endeavor

Semi-arid
An area with light rainfall. Precipitation is scarce.
Temperance
Drinking of alcohol (beer, wine, etc) is not allowed
Utopia
A perfect place
Here is a Frayer inspired slideshow for a few of the words. May be best as a presentation by teacher. Once you click the play button, it is self-playing.
Here are other social studies words to help understand Greeley.
urban
city; large population (many people);dense population (people live close together without a lot of space) lots of man-made things: streets, buildings, railroads, factories, stores, schools
   
Here is a panorama showing downtown Greeley on a late Sunday afternoon. It shows an urban area.
suburban
smaller city or town close to a larger city; housing area, some shopping, not densely populated (People have space to live)
welcome to Garden City Welcome to Greeley sign
Garden City is a suburb of Greeley. It is a much smaller town near the city of Greeley. Here is where the border of Garden City meets the border of Greeley.
rural
farms; sparse population (few people); spread out; more land less man-made items
rural fieldfield in rural area
Field in a rural area near Greeley Explanation of rural
Here is a panorama of Severence, Colorado. It is a rural area.
Goods are things to buy. You can touch and use a good. Goods are object based. Services are when people do things for you. Service is action based. Services use goods.
Goods
Services
sugar beet sugar beets factory Sugar Bag
You can make sugar from a sugar beet. You can pick it. It is an object. It is a good. A sugar beet factory gives service. It takes the sugar beet (a good) and makes it into sugar which is an action. Often a service business will make goods. This sugar is a good made by the factory as a service.
cow JBS beef
You can use a cow for beef and dairy products. It is an object. It is a good. JBS gives service. It takes cattle (a good) and makes it into beef for grocery stores to sell (another service). It is action based. Often a service business will make goods. This ground beef is a good made by JBS as a service.
goods and services diagram
This simple diagram shows the different goods and services needed to get sugar to our tables.
Updated August 11, 2013 4:56 PM

 

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