California gold rush activities

The California Gold Rush is a fun American history topic to learn about! Check out this unit study with free printables including note taking pages, multiplication story problems, following directions, writing prompts and more! Videos, hands on activities and online resources included, too! #americanhistory #goldrush #unitstudy

Are you studying American History and the wild, wild West? You'll want to print and laminate this worksheet. It makes studying this era fun - you play a game while learning about the California Gold Rush!

The California gold rush is one of my favorite historical periods to learn about. I grew up in an old gold mining town in the Sierra Nevada foothills in northern California. The rich history of the area instilled in me a deep interest of this period. In this post I share some fun activities and resources for learning about the California gold rush with your children. A Little Gold Rush History: On January 24th, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in the Sacramento Valley in northern…

What would your child bring if he had to pack for a whole new life? Find out with this Gold Rush worksheet.

Fun hands-on American History lesson for elementary children on the California Gold Rush & Pony Express in 45 minutes for Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd grade-level children - Notebook & lapbook pages & book suggestions - Use with your class, homeschool, after-school program, or co-op! US History

If you are a California 4th grade teacher gearing up to teach the Gold Rush, or if you are planning to cover this period in your upcoming social studies unit, it is important that our students have an opportunity to learn about this period from various perspectives. I've put together a virtual field trip that focuses on building background knowledge of the Gold Rush from Sutter's Mill to a tour of several boom towns, as well as a look at this period from multiple perspectives.

this document gives information about the Gold Rush in California. You will find several texts about the history of the Gold Rush. I will upload the questions o…

These American history activities will bring the subject to life for middle schoolers. It's the best way to make history fun and engaging for tweens.

Upper elementary ideas for the California Gold Rush. This includes a STEM Challenge about building a raft. #teachersareterrific #goldrush

This is part 3 of a 4 part hands-on unit study on Westward Expansion and Pioneers. Pan for "gold," bake Gold Rush Sourdough Biscuits, race to deliver mail on the Pony Express, build the Transcontinental Railroad out of craft sticks, and more! My lessons are geared toward 3rd-4th grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 1/2 hours and have 27 children between the ages of 1-13. Use these fun lessons with…