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The Luck of the 49ers

The Luck of the 49ers. Is there a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow? Let’s take a closer look at the California Gold Rush…. Did everyone who moved to California during the Gold Rush strike it rich? $$$$$$$$.

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The Luck of the 49ers

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  1. The Luck of the 49ers • Is there a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow? • Let’s take a closer look at the California Gold Rush…

  2. Did everyone who moved to California during the Gold Rush strike it rich?$$$$$$$$ Would you move to a new place if you thought that you had a chance of becoming rich?

  3. Some people came with high hopes of finding their own pot of gold and making it rich in California Others came hoping to make it rich by providing services to the 49ers Take a look at the variety of people who migrated to California The People:Not everyone who moved to California came in search of Gold

  4. The Geography:The Discovery of Gold in California • Was gold found in the sandy beaches or in the shores of the mountain rivers? • Learn more about the discovery of gold...

  5. The Society:If you moved to a far away place, where would you live? • It would be scary to move to a new country, state, or town and not know where to go or what to do… • Eventually small mining towns developed near places where gold was prevalent. • The first mining settlements

  6. Now that you know more about the Gold Rush…would you risk everything to find gold in California? The hardships of traveling and starting a new life with an uncertain outcome is worth the chance of discovering gold at the end of the California Rainbow.

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