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\nI Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad\n

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\nStudents examine the effects the Transcontinental Railroad had on the regions through which it passed. They analyze and discuss maps, view and describe online images, and use photos and documents to develop a cause-and-effect ladder.\n
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\nReading about history is nothing like experiencing it firsthand. Encourage your eighth graders to do the next best thing with a historical narrative prompt, in which they describe the experience of a first-time traveler on the...\n
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\nThe Transcontinental Railroad\n

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\nStudents investigate the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad. In this Transcontinental Railroad lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding the effect of the railroad on Chinese immigrants and American...\n
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\nGold Rush\n

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\n\nFor Students\n\n6th - 8th\n
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\nIn this gold rush worksheet, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the nation during the time period. A short answer question is included as well.\n
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\nCalifornia-Becoming an Agricultural and Insustrial Power\n

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\nFourth graders explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power. They trace the transformation of the California economy in its political and cultural development since the 1850's.\n
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\nWyo History: The Rock Springs Massacre\n

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\nRead this very detailed description of the Rock Springs Massacre and the circumstances that led up to it. Find out why Chinese immigrants became the focus of hatred and discrimination.\n
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\nColorado Historical Society: Chin Lin Sou, Chinese Railroad Laborer [Pdf]\n

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\nFind out about a Chinese immigrant who, after laboring on the Central Pacific Railroad, became a wealthy miner in Colorado. From the Colorado Historical Society.\n
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\nHistory Matters: \"To This We Dissented\": The Rock Springs Riot\n

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\nRead the description of the Rock Springs massacre written by the Chinese workers who lived through the massacre and presented to the Chinese Consul in New York. Included is a report of an investigation of those who died in the massacre....\n
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\nUen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Golden Spike National Historic Site\n

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\n\nFor Students\n\n9th - 10th\n
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\nThis resource provides information about the first transcontinental railroad, which was built by nearly 30,000 Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese laborers.\n
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