Instructions

Find your assigned/chosen group to research, and explore some of the links below to find out what life was like for some members of your group:

1) Native Americans:

• Slavery of Native Americans during the Gold Rush
• California Indians during the Gold Rush

2) Latinos/Californios

• Californios before and after the Gold Rush
• Discrimination
• Discrimination/Story of Josefa Segovia
• In Amplify, see the "Gold Rush Diary of Ramón Gil Navarro"

3) Chinese immigrants

• Chinese miners
• The Chinese Store site
• Discrimination

4) African-Americans (citizens or enslaved)

• Traveling across the U.S.
• African American miners
• Discrimination

5) European-Americans

• Traveling across the U.S.
• Check out "The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851–1852" in Amplify for a woman's perspective on mining.