Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Georgia Stories: The Westward Movement, Part I

9th - 10th
Georgia's economic development was quickly advanced by a gold rush during the 1830s which led to greater demand for land in Georgia and multiple Native American tribes being sent on the Trail of Tears.
Audio
Sacramento Bee

Gold Rush: Audio

9th - 10th
A audio of the words of Sweet Medicine, an Indian leader, who warned his people of the onslaught of those who would invade their land seeking gold.
Instructional Video
Other

Simple History: The California Gold Rush Cartoon 1849 (The Wild West)

3rd - 8th
Not many Americans lived in California in the 1800s, but that soon changed. By 1849 thousands upon thousands of people arrived in search of gold. This animated video summarizes what happened during the California Gold Rush. [2:16]