Transcript The Gold Rush unit 3 Gold Fever

unit 3:
Gold Fever
7th grade
MOVE AHEAD
May 6th, 2009
Gold comes
from earth
Let’s find more
about gold
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Meaning
Sentence
The Gold Rush
In 1848, only 15,000 people lived in California. That year, James
Marshall found gold. He didn't tell anyone about the gold. It
was a secret.
But then the newspapers heard about it. Soon, thousands of
people from all over the world came to California to look for
gold. They left their towns, their farms, their stores and their
homes. They left everything because they wanted to get rich.
They came by ship, in wagons and on foot. They crossed
mountains and rivers. They traveled for many months. It was a
long, hard journey and many people died on the way.
At first, there was a lot of gold in the rivers of California. Some of
the first gold diggers became very rich. It was exciting. Then,
life became hard. People started to steal gold from each other.
There were no laws and many people had guns. Life was
dangerous.
The Gold Rush ended in 1870. What happened to James
Marshall? He started the Gold Rush, but he never got rich. He
lived in a small cabin in California for many years. He died in
1885—a poor man.
The Gold Rush
In 1848, only 15,000 people lived in California. That year, James
Marshall found gold. He didn't tell anyone about the gold. It was
a secret.
But then the newspapers heard about it. Soon, thousands of people
from all over the world came to California to look for gold. They
left their towns, their farms, their stores and their homes. They
left everything because they wanted to get rich. They came by
ship, in wagons and on foot. They crossed mountains and rivers.
They traveled for many months. It was a long, hard journey and
many people died on the way.
At first, there was a lot of gold in the rivers of California. Some of
the first gold diggers became very rich. It was exciting. Then, life
became hard. People started to steal gold from each other. There
were no laws and many people had guns. Life was dangerous.
The Gold Rush ended in 1870. What happened to James Marshal?
He started the Gold Rush, but he never got rich. He lived in a
small cabin in California for many years. He died in 1885—a poor
man.
Answer the following questions from the paragraph:
‫اجب عن االسئلة التالية من الفقرة‬
In 1848, only 15,000 people lived in
California. That year, James Marshall
found gold. He didn't tell anyone about
the gold. It was a secret.
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Who found gold in California? ………….
How many people were in California in 1848?
………………..
Answer the following questions from the paragraph:
‫اجب عن االسئلة التالية من الفقرة‬
But then the newspapers heard about it. Soon,
thousands of people from all over the world came to
California to look for gold. They left their towns, their
farms, their stores and their homes. They left
everything because they wanted to get rich. They
came by ship, in wagons and on foot. They crossed
mountains and rivers. They traveled for many
months. It was a long, hard journey and many people
died on the way.
1. Why did people come to California? ………………..
2. How did people come to California?...........................
Answer the following questions from the paragraph:
‫اجب عن االسئلة التالية من الفقرة‬
At first, there was a lot of gold in the rivers of
California. Some of the first gold diggers became
very rich. It was exciting. Then, life became hard.
People started to steal gold from each other. There
were no laws and many people had guns. Life was
dangerous.
1. Write the connectors: 1)………….. 2)…………..
2. Where did people find gold?..................................
3. Why was life dangerous?
……………………………………………………………….
Answer true or false
…...1. In 1848, there were many people in California.
…...2. James Marshall told people that he found gold.
…...3. People left their homes to look for gold.
…...4. People came to California in trains an cars.
……5. Some people walked to California.
……6. The journey to California was long and hard.
…....7. There was gold in the river.
……8. All the people in California were friendly.
……9. The gold ended in 1885.
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