Gold Rush Day

What a day! This is activity comes at the very end of my Gold Rush unit. Kids start by completing a California Gold Rush Investigation. In this unit, each student will create their own historical fiction master piece. Throughout the investigation, students keep a journal in which they create their own character. This character starts their long journey to California from Boston in 1849. Students thoroughly research all things Gold Rush and incorporate these true facts into their own fictional story. I try to time the Gold Rush Day to coordinate with the end of the investigation which be found here. If you prefer, I have a webquest version here but will no longer be updating the links.

The Gold Rush day is broken up into fun centers which you can find here. 

Below are some of the centers, in pictures. Enjoy!