Process

Read and Evaluate:                

1- First, you will use the web site resources and the Discovery Education video to gain further understanding of the discovery of gold and life in the gold mining towns.  Remember to rely on prior knowledge from classroom material, as well. As you read, watch and review main ideas about the Gold Rush era, take notes on the Inspiration graphic organizer.

                                                                                             
Use Gold Rush materials provided by the classroom teacher.  

Explore the Sites: 

http://www.calgoldrush.com/

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html

 http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever.html

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/

http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/index.html

Watch the video, "Trails to Riches: The California Gold Rush and Settlement of Pacific Northwest". (Discovery Education)

2- Discuss your notes and the main ideas in each of the resources you reviewed with your partner.  Evaluate and compare ideas on which topics could possibly be the most important and discuss your reasons. 

3- Graphic Organizer-  Use Inspiration to organize Gold Rush Topics.

 

 

Decide and Write:                

1- Choose the topics that you feel the world needs to know about events during the Gold Rush and begin writing the articles and collecting photos from the bookmarked sites.

   a- Headline

   b-Main Story

   c-Personal Interest Story

   d-Advertisement

   e-Photos

2-Write the articles in complete sentences and paragraphs about your selected Gold Rush topics. Then, begin the Edit process.

 

Design and Publish:       

Design your Newspaper- Open Pages template: "Collector Newsletter"

    a.  Create your one-page newspaper by creating a name for the paper and a logo.     

    b. Layout your Headline and the date (remember, it is after January 24, 1848)

    c. Decide your order and placement of your articles and photos and add them into              the layout.

     d. Be sure to edit and use spell check again.