Comprehensive California Gold Rush Unit - Differentiated for Grades 4-12This high-interest and engaging Unit, with lesson plans, covers the California Gold Rush of 1849 and is completely differentiated. Include are text dependent questions, resources for primary document study, projects, hand-on learning and more. Students pan for gold, make sluice boxes, complete projects. The span of the Gold Rush, including its environmental impacts, contributions to California Statehood, economics, exploita