Collaborative Weblink Service
by George Pilling, District Library Media Specialist
California Gold Rush
for Mrs. Shepard's class, Fairview School
June, 2002
"Of Dreams and Dirt" http://www.shakethestate.com/goldrush/dreamsanddirt.shtml, contains first person accounts, artifacts, and activities for children. Shake the State is an exciting, entertaining and interactive new website packed with history and civics information for teachers and students K-12 from the Golden State Museum.
The Gold Rush site from PBS - Great interactive activities for kids. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/goldrush
By the Great Horn Spoon - A webquest on the Gold Rush based on Sid Fleischman's book. http://library.thinkquest.org/50048/index.htm
Eureka! an exciting virtual journey into the history of the California Gold Rush. http://cohort.educ.csus.edu/riolinda1/ventura/goldrush
California as I saw it: First person narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml
Virtual Museum of Sutter's Fort http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/suttersfort
The Gold Rush - exhibit from the Oakland Museum. Contains lesson plans, quizzes, and items of interest to students. http://www.museumca.org/goldrush
See also: Westward Expansion Westward Expansion
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Complete lessons for teachers http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/goldrush/
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edt628/ouray/index.html
Note: Many of these sites are listed on Linwood School's selected sites /linwood/library/what's_new.htm
Some of the above sites are provided through VUSD's subscription to WebFeet www.webfeetguides.com
