Gold Rush Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. The Gold Rush - Good or Bad For B.C.?
The Gold Rush - Good Or Bad For B.C.? created by Nina Hopewell Grade: Four/Five Critical Task: Students will form a judgment about whether or not the Gold rush was beneficial for BC. Overview: The students will become familiar with the geographic regions influenced by the BC Gold Rush. They will analyze the impac...

2. Living in the Past
...l Studies Students will imagine what it was like to live in America in the 1800s. What You Need Access to the Internet or reference books A little self-discipline! What to Do 1. Have students do research, using the Web or reference books, about life in the 1800s, particularly around the time of the gold rush. What sort of transportation did people use? What did they do for entertainment? How did they prepare their meals? How did they dress? 2. Ask students to imagine they live in the 1800s. Have them spend an evening at home without using any of the modern conveniences (except plumbing!) that we take fo...

3. The Call of the Wild: What Was the Gold Rush All About
The Call of the Wild: What Was the Gold Rush All About? PowerPoint Presentation David Broshar Cane Creek Middle School - North Carolina Adventure of the American Mind - Montreat College Subjects Integrated in Lesson Plan: Language Arts, Social Studies Intended Grade Levels: 6-8 Narrative: On the first day, students are asked what they know abo...

4. The Cariboo Gold Rush
THE CARIBOO GOLD RUSH ADVENTURE This lesson is designed to be used as an introductory lesson for students in Grade 5 studying the gold rush. The lesson consists of a worksheet that students fill out while playing the game THE CARIBOO GOLD RUSH. The game is an educational game on a BC Government Internet site in which stu...

5. Gold Fever: To Go Or Not To Go
Gold Fever: To Go Or Not To Go created by Leanne Perala GRADE: 4 - 5 CRITICAL CHALLENGE: Students will form a judgment about whether they would have gotten 'gold fever', and headed off up north to get rich quick. OVERVIEW: Students will first become familiar with the distance and the terrain that they would h...

6. Oh, California
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Oh, California Lesson at a Glance Chapter 5, Lesson 3: The Rush for Gold (pp. 121-124) The Big Idea Framework Concept: Change People from around the world rushed to California to find gold. Trace several of the routes the forty-niners took from different places around the world. Discuss with students why people left their homes and traveled thousands of often perilou...

7. Oh, California
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Oh, California Lesson at a Glance Chapter 6, Lesson 1: After the Gold Rush (pp. 134-137) The Big Idea Framework Concept: Change The California gold rush changed California in many ways. Have students help you construct a cause-effect chart on the board that shows what caused the changes that occurred during this time and their effects. Students can consider the overall cau...

8. Thinking About the Legacy of the Gold Rush
Thinking About the Legacy of the Gold Rush Adopted from Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the Klondike Gold Rush 1997 Jackdaw Publications http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/Klondike.pdf Rationale Based on Pre-Instructional Assessment: This lesson is intended to determine the affect of a dramatic event on students' communities. Statement of Learning Ou...

9. Culture Clash: The Gold Miners and BC's Aboriginal Peoples
Culture Clash: The Gold Miners and BC's Aboriginal Peoples - A Created Lesson intended for Grade 5 Rationale This lesson looks at the Gold Rush in BC that began in 1858, specifically the relationship between the gold miners and BC's aboriginal peoples. The students are somewhat familiar with the aboriginal people in BC from gra...

10. Traveling to the Gold Rush
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Oh, California Traveling to the Gold Rush Objective: Students research the experiences of those who traveled to California during the Gold Rush by land and sea, then create an annotated map showing what they have learned about each route. What You Need: travel accounts and descriptions, including first person materials see suggestions below...