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Follow The Road to Riches

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Students examine the various events occurring at the time of the Gold Rush. They see archival photographs and hear historians talk about this era. They create a time line in order to facilitate thinking about this region during the mining period.

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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
3 days
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Research
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Video

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