| Boom Town/Gold Rush Lesson Plan | ||||||
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| Description | Goals and Objectives | Grade Level: | 3/4 | |||
| Young children should begin to learn about the concept of value and why some items are considered more valuable than others are. These concepts relate to a geographical understanding of natural resources and the reasons why people work very hard to extract resources, such as during the California gold rush. This lesson has students go through a simulation to learn about value, abundance, and scarcity and asks them to consider the things that they would be willing to work very hard for. |
Geography, history, economics California Gold Rush |
Content Areas | Type: | |||
| Social Studies | Teacher Controlled | |||||
| Duration | ||||||
| 2 hours | ||||||
| Skills Addressed | File Resources Available | Related Topics & Resources | ||||
| Bartering, Writing, | files available: Boom Town Lesson Plan with embedded links |
Boom Town by Sonia Levitin Websites are within the lesson |
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| Assessment | ||||||
| Classroom discussion, Writing assignment, Role playing activity | ||||||
| Notes about the Lesson | Non-Digital Materials Needed | Digital Materials Needed | ||||
| Google Earth path should me mapped out ahead of time | crayons, construction paper, paper, pencils | Computer with internet, Google Earth, projection device | ||||
| Created By: | MD Harrison | Date: | 20:21:56 2007-10-30 | © |
Virus Scanned: | Yes |
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| Input and ideas from other teachers who have tried this lesson- Click Here | ||||||