The CA Gold Rush

CA Gold Rush is HUGE in California for 4th grade. I was shocked how hard it was to find resources in my classroom and on the web.  So I turned to Donorschoose and got really lucky to have wonderful donors support my project! Thank you Donors!! Now we can RESEARCH to learn about the Gold Rush.





 The most loved book we got was The California Gold Rush Interactive (You Choose) book from Amazon

By: Elizabeth Raum

This is like the old books I used to read in the dentist's office or even more recent Give Yourself Goosebumps by R.L. Stine. The students LOVED getting to pick what they would do and see the results. How to get out west? You choose! I would read the choices let them think of what they would pick and then turn and talk and try to convince their partner to agree with evidence from our social studies readings. The conversations were SO detailed and animated! Thank you Elizabeth Raum for such a great book to have students interact with history!

We used the books to complete our Workshop Unit on History to Life!