All About Miss Bair
This is the college I attended.
What is Purdue University?
This is defined as something so slight or delicate that it is not easily noticed or understood (Lesson 15).
What is subtle?
This man is credited with discovering gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848.
Who is James W. Marshall?
This is the year most “forty-niners” arrived in California.
What is 1849?
This is the process of digging through riverbeds to find gold using a pan.
What is panning?
This is the subject I taught before ELA.
What is Social Studies?
This is defined as something done without preparation or prior planning (Lesson 15).
What is impromptu?
This entrepreneur made a fortune by selling durable pants to miners during the Gold Rush.
Who is Levi Strauss?
This is the year gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill.
What is 1848?
This is the chemical symbol for gold.
What is Au?
This is my favorite book.
What is The Hunger Games.
This is defined as being unwilling or unable to believe something is true (Lesson 14).
What is incredulous?
This writer is known for books like The Call of the Wild, based on life during the Gold Rush era.
Who is Jack London?
This is the year California became the 31st state in the United States.
What is 1850?
This is the unit used to measure the purity of gold.
What is karat?
This is how many siblings I have.
What is two?
This is defined as showing great excitement, energy, and happiness (Lesson 13).
What is exuberant?
This writer provided one of the few detailed female perspectives of life in California mining camps during the Gold Rush.
Who is Dame Shirley?
This is the year the California Gold Rush is generally considered to have ended.
What is 1855?
This agreement transferred California from Mexico to the United States, helping trigger the Gold Rush soon after.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This is the breed of my dog.
What is a cockapoo?
This is defined as being fearless and willing to take on challenges or danger (Lesson 13).
What is intrepid?
This president oversaw the start of the California Gold Rush during his term from 1845–1849.
Who is James K. Polk?
This is the year the first U.S. Gold Rush began in North Carolina.
What is 1799?
This country is currently the world’s largest producer of gold.
What is China?