Imagine yourself back during that time. Create an audio tape recording of your impressions of life back in the Frontier Days, include music. Share this audio tape recording with younger children. Have them make a drawing after listening to your tape. Students conduct searches of university libraries for newspapers of the Gold Rush period.
Students create their own audio recordings incorporating the information found in the newspapers.
Older students use their audio tapes to teach the history of the Gold Rush to younger children. Complete your unit study by having a Frontier Days celebration at school. Students create a celebration that imitates the characteristics of frontier celebrations. Students create original music, dance, and art for the festival. Students write and produce a play about the Gold Rush.