California Gold Rush & Statehood Pack (Grade 4)
California Gold Rush & Statehood Pack (Grade 4)
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Students follow the timeline from the Bear Flag Revolt to statehood, compare the three routes to California, and weigh how the Gold Rush affected miners, merchants, Californios, California Indians, immigrants and the land. 15 PDF pages.
What you get: 15 printable PDF pages for grade 4 (US Letter), with an answer key and an English/Spanish family note. Instant download after checkout; nothing is shipped.
What's inside
- Timeline reading, 1846–1854, and ordering cards
- Three routes to California comparison chart
- Life in a mining camp reading and questions
- Mining tools and methods match
- Who gained and who was harmed? multiple perspectives reading and chart
- Becoming a state: Mexican California vs. the 1850 state government
- Women of early California: Bernarda Ruiz, Louise Clapp, Biddy Mason
- Gold Rush check-up quiz with answer key
- English and Spanish family note
California standards
California History–Social Science Content Standards. Each activity page shows its standard code in the footer.
- 4.3.2: Compare how and why people traveled to California and the routes they used
- 4.3.3: Analyze the effects of the Gold Rush on settlements, daily life, politics and the environment
- 4.3.4: Study the lives of women who helped build early California
- 4.3.5: Discuss how California became a state and how its government differed from the Spanish and Mexican periods
Written to support the California History–Social Science Content Standards; not published or endorsed by the California Department of Education.
Static, non-fillable US Letter PDF in a ZIP download. Print and complete by hand; pages print well in black and white. Answer key and a bilingual English/Spanish family note are included.
Classroom use included
One purchase covers one household, or one teacher's own students in one classroom. No resale or redistribution. Schools or districts that need more classrooms can email shopcreatorsupplyco@gmail.com for a site license. Digital download; no physical product.
Also included in a bundle
This pack is part of the California Social Studies Bundle (4 Packs, Grades K–4). If you already own that bundle, you do not need to buy this pack again.
Ideas for using these pages
Ask students which route they would have chosen in 1849, then have them defend the choice with facts from the chart.
Funding fit: Schools often use Title I/SPSA or LCFF funds for resources like this; your district decides.