Analyze the California Gold Rush (1848–1855) as a multi-community story with simultaneous Indigenous catastrophe
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~14 min hist.g4.s.ex_26

Multi Community Write

Prompt

Write a 4-paragraph multi-community Gold Rush account: (1) US 49ers + Chinese workers; (2) Californio rancheros + African American free people; (3) California Indigenous-nation catastrophe (with present-tense closing); (4) women + Australian/Latin American/Pacific Islander miners. Each paragraph 3 sentences.

M-4-S-HIS-EX26-A Chart
4-paragraph multi-community Gold Rush writing scaffold with per-paragraph sentence frames + reminder of population data

4-paragraph multi-community Gold Rush writing scaffold with per-paragraph sentence frames + reminder of population data + Resilience-FIRST closing.

How it's presented
mode writing prompt audio ID audio.g4s.ex 26.stem
Answer criteria
type rubric
rubric
4 paragraphs with multi-community framing + Indigenous-catastrophe explicit naming + resilience-FIRST closing
Hints
  1. California Indigenous population 1848 ~150,000 → 1870 ~30,000
  2. Allensworth CA founded 1908 by Allen Allensworth
Misconceptions to watch
  • Single-community framing
  • Soft-pedaling Indigenous catastrophe
  • Missing resilience
Used in lessons