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The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush. By: Shannon Solorzano. Who has the Gold Fever?. Gold fever - the dream of finding gold and getting rich Sam Brannan shouted, “GOLD!GOLD!1 Gold from the American River ” People traveled from San Francisco, Monterey, and San Jose. The 49ers (not just a football team).

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The Gold Rush

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  1. The Gold Rush By: Shannon Solorzano

  2. Who has the Gold Fever? • Gold fever- the dream of finding gold and getting rich • Sam Brannan shouted,“GOLD!GOLD!1 Gold from the American River” • People traveled from San Francisco, Monterey, and San Jose

  3. The 49ers(not just a football team) **100,000 people were first to arrive in 1849 ***The 49ers football team got their name because people traveled from San Francisco to the Gold Rush in 1849 http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html http://www.sf49ers.com/team/roster.asp

  4. California……..… knows how to travel • Cape- a point of land that reaches out into the ocean • Clipper ships- the fastest ships of the time • Isthmus- a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas • Swamp- a low, wet area, usually covered by shallow water http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_oregon.html

  5. High Ho, High Ho off to the Mining Camps we go • The miners used to sing “Oh, Susanna” to pass time • They set up camp and worked in their claim (the area a miner said belonged to him or her) • Life was hard in the mining camps- barely any food and little medicine http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/goldfever.html

  6. Picks and Stones may break my bones, but mines will never hurt me • Shovels • Pickaxes • Cradle- it was rocked back and forth like a baby’s cradle • Hydraulic- mining to reach the gold that was deeper in the ground

  7. It’s A Small World After All • Small cities into big cities • Industry- all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service • Entrepreneur- a person who sets up a new business • Free enterprise- a kind of economy in which people can own and run their own businesses

  8. Fun Facts • In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis made the first denim pants with metal rivets (corners of the pockets to make them stronger) • Miners often called their camps funny names—Bed Bug, Skunk Gulch, Rough and Ready, and Rich Dry Diggings

  9. Comprehension Questions • What are the three places that people traveled from to go to the Gold Rush? • How did the Forty-Niners receive their name? • Name one of the ways that the people traveled to the Gold Rush • Was the mining camps easy or hard? • Name one of the tools that the miners’ used to look for gold • What is an entrepreneur?

  10. Thinking Questions? • Impact on the environment • Compare and Contrast- Recent historical event vs. Gold Rush • Affect on California’s population

  11. The Forty-Niners http://www.pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey.html Information about the Forty-Niners The Journey of the Forty-Niners http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_oregon.html Map of the journey to the Gold Rush San Francisco 49ers http://sf49ers.com Symbol of the 49ers football team Harcourt Brace Social Studies http://www.hbschool.com Information about the Gold Rush Work Cited

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