Gold Fever

Gold fever struck many. Very few were ever cured.  It was a very short lived illness as the veins ran out, but it was replaced with silver fever.  Many wondered the West in search of their fortune.  Those who were "ill" were lucky to break even and those who serviced the miners made it rich.

Please see the General History page for more books and links.

The other units that go along with this unit are:

Resources

Books

Non-Fiction--Information books:

• California Gold Rush by Julie Ferris (Kingfisher, 1999; ISBN 0753452189)
• California Gold Rush by Peter and Connie Roop (Scholastic, 2002; ISBN 0439273153)
• Gold by Milton Meltzer (Harper Collins, 1993; ISBN 0060229845)
• The California Gold Rush by R. Conrad Stein (Children's Press, 1995; ISBN 0516066919)
• The California Gold Rush by Linda Thompson (Rourke, 2005; ISBN 1595152229)
• The California Gold Rush by Michael V. Uschan (World Almanac Library, 2003; ISBN 0836853741)
• The California Gold Rush Cooking by Lisa Golden Schroeder (Capstone, 2001; ISBN 0736806032)
• The California Gold Rush in American History (Enslow)
• The Gold Rush by Kerri O'Donnell (Rosen, 2003; ISBN 0823936821)
• The Gold Rush by Barbara A. Somervill (Children's Press, 2005; ISBN 0516281295)
• The Quest for California's Gold by James P. Burger (Rosen, 2002; ISBN 0823958493)
   

Activity Books:

•  Gold Rush by Robynne Eagan (TLC, 2001; 1573103047)

Fiction:

•  Seeds of Hope by Kristiana Gregory (Scholastic, 1999)

Audio/visual:

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Websites

•  Gold Rush from American West (history on the net)
• Gold Rush from PBS
• Gold Rush History from California gold country
•  California Trail from route 40
• Early California from California Museum
• California Unit from Helaman's Acadmey
• Natives and Immigrants from California Museum
• California as I Saw It from the Library of Congress
• The Gold Rush from teachers mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher EXCELLENT

Lesson plans:

• Gold Rush from Easy Fun School
• Chasing a Dream from SDSU

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Projects

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Writing assignments

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Last update: January, 2007

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