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In completing this activity, students should be able to and understand how migration occurred during this time in history. The activities that ive gathered for this unit study can make for an activity. Map of the gold rush regions from text book and listed sources appendix gj 5. The gold rush started in california in 1848 when people from all over the world flocked to the state to seek their fortunes. Arkansas gold locations gold locations in arkansas arkansas was visited by spanish explorers in the 1540s and had at least one major gold discovery. The discovery of gold on the american river in 1848 triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the crusades. A good idea is to put the values of the gold nuggets on the chalk board so the students can see them.
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