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Description
- Overview:
- Learn about the Wyoming gold rush that occurred in South Pass City, and explore the varied perspectives of the people who experienced the gold rush in the 1840’s-1860’s.
In the accompanying lesson plan (found in the Support Materials), students will watch a video that introduces the gold rush and the people who were impacted by it, and then hold a discussion to understand the multiple perspectives. Then, the students take part in a creative writing activity in which they create a piece of text from one of the perspectives.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students will develop grade level appropriate speaking and listening skills, as described by the standards.
Students will learn how to write a fictional narrative based on nonfiction resources, following a set of parameters.
Students will understand the motivations and perspectives of various people during the Wyoming gold rush.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts, Speaking and Listening, U.S. History, Economics
- Level:
- Lower Primary, Upper Primary
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab, Lesson
- Provider:
- Wyoming PBS
- Date Added:
- 09/18/2019
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Text/HTML, Video
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a sense of closure.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a sense of closure.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Provide a sense of closure.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Standard: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Text Types and Purposes.
Standard: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Comprehension and Collaboration.
Standard: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
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