Possible Learning Club Project Tasks

Learning Club Tasks

     1.  Historical Diary:  You  and your group will pick someone from the Gold Rush era to research and create a 'diary entry' written in 1st person as if you were that person.
     
     2.  Skit:  You and your group members will research  historical events from the era and write a mini play to show what you learned.

     3.  Newscast:  You and your group members will pick an effect of the Gold Rush era to research and report as a news segment.

     4.  Commercial:  You and your group members will research the services or goods that were successful from the Gold Rush and create a commercial.

     5.  Develop a Mining Tool:  You and your group members will become experts on the methods that were used to extract gold from the earth and engineer a device that would have helped the miners.  Then you will make an advertisement to sell the tool.

     6.  Write a Song:  You and your group members will research the problems that people faced during this era and create a song about them.
       

     7.   Court:  You and your group members will research the Gold Rush era learning about which people were not treated fairly and why they were prejudged.  Then you will  create a "Courtroom" presentation.

     8.    Free Choice:  You and your group members will research the Gold Rush era and create an alternative presentation.