Scholars use nouns from a word bank to complete sentences in a fill-in-the-blank activity that tells a tale about the California Gold Rush. 

Concepts

Grammar, parts of speech, nouns, california, california history, the california gold rush, gold, gold mining

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Integrate the worksheet into a history lesson about the Gold Rush 
• Encourage participants to cross out words as they use them so not to duplicate any answers 
• Once everyone has finished, review the worksheet and answer questions about the history and part of speech 

Classroom Considerations

• Class members should have background knowledge of the California Gold Rush 
• Requires copies—one page

Pros

• The objective describes what a noun is 
• A practice page combines United States history and English language arts 

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a