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Missing Nouns Worksheet

Missing Nouns

3rd - 4th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewScholars use nouns from a word bank to complete sentences in a fill-in-the-blank worksheet that tells a tale about the California Gold Rush. 
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Mexican War Website

Mexican War

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Did you know that without the Mexican War, the United States would not include the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and even parts of Colorado? Scholars learn a variety of interesting facts about the...
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Conflicting Voices of the Mexican War Lesson Plan

Conflicting Voices of the Mexican War

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Americans wanted to fulfill Manifest Destiny, and this pattern continued with the Mexican War. The resource specifically teaches about the Mexican War through a variety of exercises including a research project, group work, brainstorming...
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The Lone Woman and San Nicholas Island
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The Lone Woman and San Nicholas Island

3rd - 5th
Explore the fascinating archaeology of San Nicholas Island in the Channel Islands of the California coast. You'll find a video on the story of the "Lone Woman", activities for learners to imagine what it would have been like to be alone on an island, and consider the ethics involved in archaeological digs and excavation.
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First Contact Video

First Contact

12 mins 4th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
America began well before Jamestown, well before Plymouth Rock. An informative video introduces the 1542 Spanish expedition that explored the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California. The voyage started with the attempt to...
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Recycled Water: A Smart Way to Reuse Water Worksheet

Recycled Water: A Smart Way to Reuse Water

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
Learn about wastewater and recycled water with a science reading activity. After learners finish a two-page passage about conserving the water supply, they answer six comprehension questions about what they have read.
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What is Groundwater? Our Underground Water Supply Worksheet

What is Groundwater? Our Underground Water Supply

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
Learn about the consequences of groundwater with a lesson about the different ways California handles water conservation and pollution. After reading a passage about the water table, learners apply what they have read to six...
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What is Drought? No Rain, No Water Worksheet

What is Drought? No Rain, No Water

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
How can climate change affect our water supply? Have kids read a passage about the water cycle and water conservation, which includes six questions that challenge them to use context clues.
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The World Rushed In Lesson Plan

The World Rushed In

5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Pupils discover the multicultural nature of California during the Gold Rush through extensive primary source analysis, examining firsthand accounts of multicultural tensions and discussing the concept of California as a bilingual state...
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4th Grade California Relief Map Project Activities & Project

4th Grade California Relief Map Project

3rd - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Bring life to your next California geography lesson with this great project! Learners design a three-dimensional wall relief map of California, painting and decorating regions using a variety of materials and labeling major geographical...
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Further Exploration - Exploring the California Missions Lesson Plan

Further Exploration - Exploring the California Missions

4th - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
How did Native Californians and Franciscans influence one another in early California? Learners analyze a few cultural pieces to examine the impact that integration had on Franciscan and Native Californian culture.
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Gold Ore and Smelters Lesson Plan

Gold Ore and Smelters

3rd - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young historians travel back through time as they explore Colorado's gold rush in this social studies lesson. After reading a first hand account of a woman's experience in a smelting facility, students complete the included graphic...
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The Call of the Wild: Culture and History Lesson Plan

The Call of the Wild: Culture and History

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild is set during the Yukon Gold Rush and describes the harsh environment of the Klondike. Ask your class to describe the Klondike and consider the motivation needed to take a journey like the one so...
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California State Assemblyman Video

California State Assemblyman

3 mins 6th - 12th
Paul Fong, an Assembly member of District 22, talks about his busy days. Fong shares his education prior to obtaining his position, as well as what he loves most about his job. He also offers great advice for future members of the...
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Up From the Street: Tommy Guerrero Lesson Plan

Up From the Street: Tommy Guerrero

6th - 12th
Art is a versatile forum for building speaking skills. Learners are introduced to contemporary skate culture. They develop visual, writing, listening, and speaking skills through looking at, creating and talking about artwork. A great...
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Cumulative Review: Chapters 11-15 Worksheet

Cumulative Review: Chapters 11-15

7th - 8th
If you've just covered a lot of territory in your social studies class and need a great cumulative review, look no further. Here is a hand out that includes 71 questions on 10 pages all related to slavery, the Civil War, Westward...
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Jeopardy: Westward Expansion Presentation

Jeopardy: Westward Expansion

7th - 8th
Let's play Jeopardy! Review key information about the Westward Expansion. The class will play to review 25 items such as, The Gold Rush, Plains Indians, and The Battle of Little Big Horn. Tip: Invite a neighbouring class to join in for...
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Gold Rush California and its Diverse Population Lesson Plan

Gold Rush California and its Diverse Population

5th - 12th
Students compare contemporary cultural differences with historical differences based on population percentage. In this cross-curriculum Gold Rush/math instructional activity, students analyze aspects of California's Gold Rush population...
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California Statehood Worksheet

California Statehood

4th - 5th
In this statehood activity worksheet, students draw a picture relating to the statehood of California and write information about the state.
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Panning for Gold Lesson Plan

Panning for Gold

4th - 12th
Young scholars study the history of the American Gold Rush and its effects on prospector's lives, indigenous peoples, western expansion, and the U.S. and Candian economy. They image life as a hopeful prospector during the Gold Rush....
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire? American History Presentation

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? American History

5th - 8th
What if your class could earn 1 Million dollars, just because they knew their American History? They can when they play this Millionaire style review game. They'll answer questions, phone their friends, and work their way through 15...
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A Study of the Portola Expedition - 1769 Lesson Plan

A Study of the Portola Expedition - 1769

6th - 9th
Pupils role-play the identity of a person on the Portola expedition. They write journals for their character, list questions for their character, and conduct Internet research on the expedition.
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California Map Graphic Organizer

California Map

2nd - 5th
In this California blank outline map instructional activity, students examine the political boundaries of the state and then mark the state capital, other cities, and other state attractions on the map.
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Mystery State #26 Worksheet

Mystery State #26

4th - 6th
For this mystery state worksheet, students answer five clues to identify the state in question. They then locate that state on a map.
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