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Justen Eason

YouTube - Cartoon Gold Rush Daze - 8 views

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    Cartoon about the California Gold Rush 1849
David Hilton

California, First Person Narratives: General Collections - 0 views

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    A valuable resource for studies into everyday life in C19th American West.
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    "California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century.
Carrie Kotcho

Teach the Gold Rush with Objects from the Smithsonian - 7 views

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    Van Valen's Gold Rush Journey -- encourages 6th - 8th graders to learn what life was like during the gold rush by investigating the journal of Alex Van Valen, a man who set sail in 1849 to stake his claim in the California gold fields. The website includes a rich set of primary sources to explore and analyze, an interactive guide where students can record, save and print their findings, as well as a teacher's guide.
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