4th grade humanities
This week, we will continue our unit on the California Gold Rush. Learners will watch documentary clips highlighting what everyday life was like for miners and examine primary source journal entries of miners from 1851. Learners will also research gold mining techniques. On Thursday and Friday, they will learn about the many diverse groups of people involved in the gold rush and the discrimination these groups faced.
Learners will integrate the new information they are learning about the gold rush into their journal entries as they narrate their character's journey to, and life in, California during this time period. Learners will also engage in Writers' Workshop mini lesson around adding dialogue to their journal entries. We will continue reading By The Great Horn Spoon and using the book as a mentor text for our California Gold Rush unit.
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This week, we will continue our unit on the California Gold Rush. Learners will watch documentary clips highlighting the discovery of gold, how Manifest Destiny and newspaper propaganda played a role in the gold rush, and what life was like in the gold mining camps. Additionally, learners will read and examine primary source documents on these same topics. Learners will integrate their background knowledge of life during the gold rush into their journal entries as they narrative their character's journey to, and life in, California during this time period. Learners will also engage in Writers' Workshop mini lessons on using sensory details to describe the setting(s) of their character's journey.
We will continue reading By The Great Horn Spoon and using the book as a mentor text for our California Gold Rush unit. This week we are beginnging our Gold Rush unit. Our driving question for this unit and the upcoming project is:What was life like for someone traveling to and living in California in the mid-1800s? Each learner will develop a realistic character who could have lived during the CA Gold Rush, and create a journal about their character’s journey to and life in CA during the Gold Rush.. The journal will describe the individual’s journey on their chosen route, including why they chose that route, who they went with, their reason for going and difficulties they encounter on the journey. Then they will detail their experiences after arriving in CA and living in CA during the Gold Rush. This week learners will specifically explore routes to California, character traits, and learn general information about this time in California history.
This week, learners will move into new social studies and writing units. Learners will explore the causes and outcomes of the Mexican-American War and how this conflict bridges the Rancho Era and beginning of the California Gold Rush. Learners will also delve back into narrative writing, and engage in on demand writing where they can craft a story of their own choosing to help remind them of what narrative writers do.
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