Website Links with Historical Interest: Siskiyou History PBS Presents: The 1900 House Gold Rush (general) The City of San Francisco Virtual Museum Gold Rush Display The Oakland Museum Exhibit: Gold Rush Stories of: Women in the Gold Rush Gold Rush Hwy 49 California (some "off beat" categories like children's chores on wagon train, buffalo chips, etc.) More Gold Rush Links (general) | Activities for Kids: (Parents, please note all activities should be well supervised by adults!) Visit the Siskiyou County Museum! After your visit enjoy some of these activities~ Gold nuggets or coins: "Mint" or create your own gold coins or nuggets from clay. Download a recipe for "Victorian Salt Clay" (pdf file) to create your own from scratch! Create a "miners' camp": (Great rainy day activity) Pitch or make a tent, "campfire", sit by a "stream" created with a blue towel, blanket or fabric. Use a large piece of butcher paper and paint or draw the "entrance" to their mine. Write a diary: Diaries were very popular to record events and history ~ create your own "diary" of your gold mining stories by imagining what experiences they had! Be sure and include your own drawings. Create a treasure map: Draw a map to a secret gold mine, secret stash of gold from a stage robbery, or to your own favorite hiding place. Visit the Gold Display at the Siskiyou County Courthouse. Learn about the types of gold and the areas found in Siskiyou! Make a Chinese Origami Paper Lantern: Find directions here ~ Chinese Lantern. (pdf file) Make a Chinese New Year Paper Finger Dragon: Find directions here ~ Paper Dragon. (pdf file) Word Search: (pdf file) Search for Gold Rush words from Siskiyou County Museum! Crossword Puzzle (pdf file) Puzzle from Siskiyou County Museum! Write a book! Write a story about your visit to the museum, a miner's life, pioneer life, the Indians in Siskiyou County. Get directions here: Make a book. |
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