How do you think differently about the Gold Rush after this exercise? Have students research, then create a timeline or a map depicting various gold rushes throughout the world and the impact they ...

Few experiences make gold mining history come alive for kids like stepping into the darkness of a 19th-century mineshaft or dipping a pan into the Sacramento River, watching carefully for a glint ...

In 1830, gold was found in the Southern Appalachians and the Georgia gold rush began. Unfortunately, the area was the ancestral home of the Cherokee. To clear the way for exploration the ...

The discovery of gold brought people from around the world to California in the mid-1800s. And it’s in those Gold Rush towns that ... which raises money for kids in the Groveland community.