In this vocabulary worksheet, students read the vocabulary associated with Nebraska. Students complete the 10 examples using the words in the word box.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read facts about the origin of blue jeans and assess reading and vocabulary comprehension. Students answer nine multiple choice questions.

In this reading for information activity, students read a passage about the origin of blue jeans. Students answer 9 multiple choice questions about the text.

Fourth 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.

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the phrases associated with Nebraska. Students complete the puzzle with 10 words about Nebraska.

Students visit the Rincon History Museum in California. They discover different periods in the state's history and discuss. They view the art and explain what can be learned from it.

Students discuss amendments of the Constitution that cover due process and discuss them in relation to the play "The White Line". They determine how national security measures conflict with the issues of due process during wartime. They...

A nice timeline of events that occurred from 1846 to 1849 in the California Gold Rush. Hyperlinks to additional information. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.

From here, access simple write-ups on the San Francisco Gold Rush. Topics covered include: "Life of a 49er," "Foreign Miners," "Law and Order," and "After the Gold Rush."

This site from the Museum of San Francisco provides a list of links to events that happened in San Francisco from 1846-1864 including many links about the Gold Rush.

This site contains information on the dramatic impact of the California Gold Rush. From "The History of California," published in 1897.

At this comprehensive site, students learn about the first cross-country mail courier service in the United States, the Pony Express.

This resource contains information on the development of culture in California during the gold rush. Culture developed in spite of the harsh conditions and tough people.

Provides information concerning African American rights in the California gold country before the Civil War.

An account by William Tecumseh Sherman about the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill.

In an book by Douglas S. Watson published in 1932, you can read the introduction which tells about the life of Johann August Sutter, who emigrated to California, built a mill where gold was found, and suffered for that discovery....

This page discusses how the gold rush led to the massive growth of San Francisco.

From Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs is this description of his 1852 trip to California across Panama and his stay in San Francisco.

A poem written in England but certainly expressing the hopes and dreams of those seeking gold in California. Included in the San Francisco Business Directory of 1864-65.

This site contains a poster of a new bank started by Sam Brannen in San Francisco during the gold rush.

Li is a 14-year-old boy from Guangdong, China, who travels to California during the Gold Rush. Read about his journey on a sailing ship from Southern China to San Francisco. Along the way experience, the sights and sounds of sea travel...

Published in "Hutching's California Magazine" in 1857 was a song expressing the hopes and dreams of those suffering from gold fever.

This page contains a brief biography of gold rusher, John Sutter, from the book "Life in California before the Gold Discovery" by John Bidwell.

Written by James Hutchings in 1853, the ten commandments of miners show the life of the miner.