WestwardExpansionLessonTechnology.

notebook March13,2017

IntrotoWestwardExpansion&TheGoldRush
AshleyJordanSocialStudiesUnit4thGrade

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WatchthisBrainPopvideothatintroducestheGoldRush!Clickplay:)

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Westward Expansion & Gold

Rush Vocabulary
Alargemigrationofpeopletonewlydiscovergoldfield
GoldRush

AminerwhotookpartintheCaliforniagoldrushin1849
fortyniner

Asoftyellowmalleable,ductile,metallicelementGold

Containinggold,iscalled...goldbearing

Theactofincreasinginsizeorvolumeorqualityorscope
expansion

Theactofchangingyourresidenceorplaceofbusiness
Relocation

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Imaginelifeasagoldminer....whatdoyouthinktheywouldneed
topack?Iwantyoutoputtheminthecorrectcontainerboxfor
theworkers!(clickanddragthemtothecontaineryouthink).

DONOT
PACK PACK

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Lets see if you know these facts! (Circle the right answer with the magic pen above or write True or False)

1.HowmanypeoplemovedtoCaliforniatomineforgoldin1849?
10,000 90,000 20,000
2.WhatyeardidtheGoldRushinCaliforniabegin?

1840 1860 1848

3.Whatwerethetownscalledthatgrewrapidlywhengoldwasdiscovered
nearby?

RushtownsBoomtownsGhosttowns

4.TrueorFalse:Doyouthinksomestoreownersbecamerichsellinggold
prospectorstheirsupplies?
(Writeyouranswerwiththepen)

5.WherewasthegoldfirstdiscoveredinCalifornia?

SanFranciscoSutter'sMillSacramento

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Surprising Facts - Reveal some interesting facts about

the Gold Rush by clicking each shapes to see the hidden
facts!

ThousandsofGold Californiadidnothavethe
Rushprospectors firstgoldrushinAmerican
gotrichbutJohn history!
Sutterwasnotone
ofthem!

> By1960,morethat
$500millioningold
hadbeenmined,at
today'sgoldprices,
thatwouldbeover
15million!

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Usingtheinfiniteclonetool,Iwantyoutakethegoldandplaceitonthemap
wherethemostgoldandpeopleexpandedduringthistime?
Key:

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mnng towns, pck your

favorte
Lookthroughthese
layeredpicturesofthe
Californiaminingtowns
andIchosetheoneyou
wanttoresearchforyour
paper!

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