The Gold Rush

Learn how the gold rush shaped California’s population, economy, citizens, and cities with this primary source book that builds students’ reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The dynamic primary source maps, letters, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features appropriately leveled text to accommodate different reading levels. Additional features include Read and Respond and a culminating activity that prompt students to dive deeper into the text for additional reading and learning. | The Gold Rush provides teachers with a valuable classroom resource to engage students as they examine social studies content and develop critical literacy skills. Delve deeper into California's history with intriguing primary source documents. |

Since her kid years, Monika Davies has been imagining and writing up stories. (Her first stories featured temperamental unicorns and wayward wizards.) She is now the author of over 60 books for kids and a workshop facilitator for adult-sized writers. She has written books on an eclectic range of topics, from surprising things we eat to global citizenship to the hidden world of toilets! She also deeply believes everyone is a writer and is on a mission to inspire and encourage people of all ages to write down their stories.
Monika holds a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and is certified to lead writing workshops using the AWA (Amherst Artists & Writers) method. She lives on Vancouver Island with her family and two ridiculous cats.