CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH - Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions

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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Contains 75 one- or two-page reading passages on Westward Expansion covering Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, the Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, the California Gold Rush, Homesteaders, Pioneers, Transcontinental Railroad, Outlaws and Lawmen, Cowboys and the Cattle Drive, George Custer and the 7th Ca

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.

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

• 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.

WILD WEST READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS