Newspaper+Journalist

Look through the various newspaper articles in the book ** Gold Fever! ** Pretend that you are a newspaper writer or journalist for a local newspaper in California during the time of the Gold Rush. Write a 4 or 5 sentence newspaper article about the changes that you have seen or researched in California since the gold was discovered in 1849. Be sure to be thorough with your article and to include real facts about the time that you would find in the book that you read. When you are finished with this activity, go to the ** Discussion Question ** at the top of this page and post your answer to the question. You may also comment on another one of your classmate's posts.


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