West Ward Movement and California Gold Rush

Gold Rush

General Information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush

http://www.kidport.com/RefLIB/UsaHistory/CalGoldRush/CalGoldRush.htm

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/

http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/sec01.html

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/gold/CA_GoldDiscovery_files/Pages/GoldDiscovery.aspx

Images

http://www.malakoff.com/goldcountry/images.htm

http://news.webshots.com/photo/1250447252000142258tVNdCp

http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/silver.html

http://www.glittering.com/gallery/index.html

Letters

http://www.glittering.com/letters/index.html

Maps

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/mineral_production/Documents/Big_AUMap.pdf

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/mineral_production/Documents/YellowAu.pdf

Newspaper Report

http://www.calgoldrush.com/

Videos on Finding Gold

 

 http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/5330-the-skinny-on-panning-for-gold-video.htm

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e66ca401d5f38b48c89a&page=&viewtype=&category=

 

 Bunny Trails: ( when we veer off the path)

• The Donner Party ( because we have not done this yet!!!! I did this as a youth because I am from the west coast and it is very much a part of our history. Being here on the east coast we live amongst history.)

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/maps/index.html

http://www.donnerpartydiary.com/

• Jason and the Argonaunts  ( because folks who sailed to California during the gold rush on a Clippers were called Argonaunts.)

http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/jason/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_jason.html

 

• Transcontiental Railroad ( we love railroads! This is the most important railroad in our countries history)

 

 

 

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/lesson_plans/lesson01.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro.html

http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/sfeature/sf_interview.html#j 

http://www.apa.si.edu/ongoldmountain/gallery2/gallery2.html

• American Bison

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/buffalo/

http://www.bisonbasics.com/history/past_future.html

 Books:

Wagons Over the Mountains by Mc Call

Pioneering on the Plains by Mc Call

Everything you need to Know About American History by Anne Zeman and Kate Kelly

The Oregon Trail by R Conrad Stein

Pioneers by Rourke

Some of the Activities We Did:

Load up your wagon: Using painters tape we outlined the actual size of a covered wagon. They the gals gathered what they thought they needed for the six month journey and loaded it into the "wagon". ( it did not fit!)