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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH - Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions

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4th - 6th, Homeschool
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Great supplement to our Social Studies curriculum. This was used as an independent activity to follow-up our California Goldrush unit.
Very informative passages and important topics. Students really learned a lot using these passages. The comprehension questions were very helpful.
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Description

7 Reading passages cover the California Gold Rush, Camps and Claims, Sutter's Mill, Mining Methods, Life of a Miner, Gold Rush Merchants, Lasting Impact, and more. Comprehension questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions. Use for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension). This product is great for Substitute Teachers or for a quick charter school sample, independent reading, homework, or as a supplemental worksheet.

INCLUDES:

  • 7 Reading Passages
  • 7 Reading Comprehension Worksheets
  • 7 Teacher's Keys
  • 2 Graphic Organizers

READING PASSAGES:

  • Discovery of Gold at Sutter’s Mill
  • The California Gold Rush
  • Camps and Claims
  • The Daily Life of a Miner
  • Methods of Mining Gold
  • Merchants During the Gold Rush
  • Lasting Impact of the Gold Rush

AVOID DUPLICATE PURCHASE: If you have purchased Wild, Wild West Careers: Gold Miners and the California Gold Rush or Bingo: California Gold Rush, then you already own the pages of informational text that are part of this product. Additionally, this entire product is part of the following bundled products: BUNDLE - California Gold Rush and Wild, Wild West Reading Comprehension - Mega Bundle.

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WILD WEST READING PASSAGES AND BINGO

Reading Passages and Bingo - Outlaws and Lawmen

Reading Passages and Bingo - Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea

Reading Passages and Bingo - Transcontinental Railroad

Reading Passages and Bingo - Homesteaders

Reading Passages and Bingo - Frontiersmen, Davy Crockett and the Alamo

Reading Passages and Bingo - Wild West Cowboys

WILD WEST READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS

Reading Comprehension - Transcontinental Railroad

Reading Comprehension - California Gold Rush

Reading Comprehension BUNDLE- Indian Wars: Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee and the Cavalry

Reading Comprehension - BUNDLE: Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West

Reading Comprehension BUNDLE - Wild West Cowboys

MEGA BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension - WILD, WILD WEST

WILD WILD WEST CAREER LESSON PLANS

Wild, Wild West Careers BUNDLE 2

Wild, Wild West Careers BUNDLE 1

Wild, Wild West Careers: Pioneers

Wild, Wild West Careers: Homesteaders

Wild, Wild West Careers: Pony Express and Showmen

Wild, Wild West Careers: Native American Chiefs, Trail of Tears

Wild, Wild West Careers: Cavalry, Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee

BUNDLED PRODUCTS:

BUNDLE - Early American Pioneers

BUNDLE - Outlaws and Lawmen of the Wild West

BUNDLE - Transcontinental Railroad

BUNDLE - Cowboys and the Cattle Drive of the Wild West

BUNDLE - Indian Wars: Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee and George Custer

BUNDLE - California Gold Rush

BUNDLE - READING COMPREHENSION CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH by SARAH PETERSON is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Based on a work at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sarah-Peterson-9450.

Total Pages
24 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 Week
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