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Loc: "California as I Saw It" HandoutLoc: "California as I Saw It" Handout
Publisher
Library of Congress
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Handouts & References
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Lexile Measures
1100L
Handout

Loc: "California as I Saw It"

Curated by ACT

Digital collection features first-person accounts from the time of the Gold Rush and California statehood through the turn of the twentieth century. Presents detailed information about localities and people important to the state during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

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Concepts

california history

Additional Tags

westward movement, gold rush, library of congress: american memory: "california as i saw it", california gold rush

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Technology—changing lives and transforming war. Your tech-loving historians examine photographs and primary documents to explore how technology changed not only World War I, but also how it moved society forward. They apply their...
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Website

Loc: California as I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849 1900

Library of Congress
The Library of Congress makes available these eyewitness accounts of California's history from 1849 to 1900.
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World War I and Its Aftermath

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Students examine World War I and its consequences. In this World War I instructional activity, students watch the Discovery video "World War I and Its Aftermath." Students then research how nationalism contributed to the spread of the...
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Loc: Westward Expansion: Links to the Past

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Students use documents from California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900, in American Memory to create a script depicting the motivations, expectations, fears, and realizations of immigrants who settled California between...
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Smithsonian Institution
The Vietnam War and World War I were two very important—and different—wars. To understand the differences, and similarities, class members watch videos, examine primary source documents, and then create a newscast that examines the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Learners research one aspect of the life of Faulkner and the culture of the South.  In this As I Lay Dying instructional activity, learners explore a webpage on Faulkner and write a summary.  Learners analyze the images...
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Links to the Past

Curated OER
Learners use documents from California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900 , in American Memory to create a script depicting the motivations, expectations, fears, and realizations of immigrants who settled California between...
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Curated OER
Students compare contemporary cultural differences with historical differences based on population percentage. In this cross-curriculum Gold Rush/math instructional activity, students analyze aspects of California's Gold Rush population...
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C-SPAN
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