Lesson 19

Harvesting Hope 

by Kathleen Krull

Essential Question: Why is farming important?

Joshua 24:13 So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

"Why is farming important?" That's the question we'll explore this week. In the biographical selection Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, we'll learn about the man who brought the plight of migrant farm workers to national attention. This week's informational text, The Edible Schoolyard, tells students how to become community leaders by creating a school garden.

Spelling

colorful

weakness 

movement

endless

truthful

illness

cheerful

useless

beautiful

restless

clumsiness

pavement

peaceful

fondness

neatness

speechless

statement

wasteful

penniless

treatment

Vocabulary

overcome

association

capitol

drought

dedicate

publicity

violence

conflicts

horizon

brilliant

Target Skill & Strategy

Conclusions and Generalizations

Problem and Solution

Idioms

Infer/Predict

Grammar

Relative Pronouns and Adverbs

 California Gold Rush!

                                                                                       by Sid Fleischman

"The year is 1849 and the California Gold Rush is on. Together with his butler Praiseworthy, young Jack Flagg sets out to save his pretty Aunt Arabella's fortune. On a ship bound from Boston to the California gold fields, they stow away in potato barrels . . . and their wild, swashbuckling adventures begin."
From the back cover of By the Great Horn Spoon
This book takes a humorous look at the adventure of the California Gold Rush. It is an entertaining historical fiction.
Who is Sid Fleischman?


This week as part of our study of the California Gold Rush we will be reading By the Great Horn Spoon. We will be learning about two characters that set sail from Boston to California to strike it rich! We will be reading and analyzing the story together, along with doing some projects to help us understand the magnitude and effects of the Gold Rush.

What is the California Gold Rush? 
                     
What is Gold Fever?  
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How to pan for gold?




Early Mining Methods





Life as a 49er 

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