Introduction
Welcome traveler! You have been chosen as one of the many miners to compete to be awarded the #1 miner during the Gold Rush! You have to prove that you are worthy for being awarded the #1 miner's award. Do your best and I wish you luck. Just remember, there might be some robbers on the way, so be aware.
Task
To receive the award, you will be completing these activities. When you have finished every activity, show the contest judge (your teacher) to check your work. If you get them all correct, you win!
Activity 1- Comprehension
Activity 2- Math comparing
Activity 3- Video comprehension
Activity 4- Sciencetific planning
Activity 5- Wordsearch
Good Luck!
Process
Reading- Activity 1Answer the following questions based on passage called the "GOLD RUSH BOOM TOWNS"
GOLD RUSH BOOM TOWNS
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The discovery of gold in the California Territory sparked not only national interest, but even worldwide attention. California was not even a state yet when gold was discovered in 1848. There were few regulations on treasure hunting. Gold was there for the taking. The adventurous risked everything and came by the thousands. The cities of Sacramento, Stockton and San Francisco expanded from tiny little villages to huge, active towns almost overnight. A town that grows rapidly due to new business opportunities became known as a boomtown. Towns grew increasingly larger as more and more settlers came to the area. People from all over the world came to San Francisco in particular. They brought a variety of goods and services with them, making San Francisco an international cultural center. People of the time compared it to London, England. Prices were very high, but goods from around the world were available. Usually, boomtown populations were mostly men. Few women came to California in the early days of the Gold Rush. The men who came to find their fortunes believed they would quickly make lots of money to take back home to loved ones. When it became clear that people were not going to become wealthy overnight, some miners returned to their home. Those who stayed began to send for their families. Women with skills like cooking, washing clothes and sewing were highly regarded. Men did not like to do these things for themselves. Women willing to travel to the West could make a very good living marketing their homemaking skills. If single women wanted to marry, they had their choice of hundreds of men. Though gold is what attracted people to the boomtowns, few made their fortunes by finding it. Those who really struck it rich were the entrepreneurs. They took advantage of the opportunity to sell things to the large numbers of people around them. A good example of this is Levi Strauss. He invented and sold durable pants for miners. They caught on in a big way. We know them now as blue jeans. Today, you don’t have to be a miner to wear jeans. Some discoveries endure over time.
the reading passage. Don’t forget to goback to the passage whenever necessaryto find or confirm your answers.Cross-Curricular Focus: History/ Social SciencesName:_______________________________________Gold Rush Boomtowns1) What is a boomtown?__________________________________________________________________________2) What is the name of one Californiaboomtown?__________________________________________________________________________3) What were some of the things thatmotivated women to come eventually?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4) What did an entrepreneur do during theGold Rush?__________________________________________________________5) Would you have wanted to go toCalifornia for the Gold Rush?Why or why not?__________________________________________________________Math- Activity 2
Read the directions then answer the following questions on the link below. Print it out then do the worksheet.Click the link below to get the worksheethttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/1b/41/11/1b4111211ec1cb613c7325d330fa29da.jpgSocial Studies- Activity 3
For this activity, you need to travel to the link below and watch the video then answer the questions on the quiz.Click the link below to get to the activity.https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/goldrush/Science- Activity 4
What you will need to do for this task, is to carefully tread through bandit territory to do this worksheet about the Gold Rush. Good luck, and the best way to get around those bandits is to click the link below. Quick, you're running out of time! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d6/73/d9/d673d9cfb706547ac4665b4079fa18fd.jpgWord Search- Activity 5
For this last activity you will need to show your searching skills. If you want to be the Gold Rush legend, then you need to be good at searching. Click on the link and print out the word search and try to finish it in 30 minutes. Good luck!http://www.studenthandouts.com/01-Web-Pages/BSA/201406/california-landmarks-history-word-search-puzzle.png
