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Boom Town Unit 5.1

Boom Town Unit 5.1. Genre: Historical Fiction A story in which fictional characters take part in actual historic events. Gold Rush. The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) Over 300,000 people came to California to search for gold. Gold Nuggets. Min er.

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Boom Town Unit 5.1

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  1. Boom TownUnit 5.1 Genre: Historical Fiction A story in which fictional characters take part in actual historic events

  2. Gold Rush • The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) • Over 300,000 people came to California to search for gold. • Gold Nuggets

  3. Miner • A person who searches for resources in the ground (mine)

  4. Mining tools • Pick Shovel • Pan (skillet)??? • Pan!They are panning for gold.

  5. Stagecoach

  6. Log cabin

  7. Trapper • A person who traps animals for fur.

  8. Gooseberry • Gooseberry pie

  9. Shooting star

  10. Hay

  11. lonesome • Being sad because you are all by yourself, not having any friends. Lonely. Alone.

  12. Wailed

  13. grumbled • To complain quietly when you are not happy about something

  14. trader • A person who buys, sells or exchanges goods (things)

  15. blossomed • To produce flowers • To change, grow, fully develop • Our business blossomed

  16. sidewalk • A usually concrete path along the side of a street for people to walk on

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