The "Gosh Awful" Gold Rush Mystery
- ISBN-10
- 0635080591
- ISBN-13
- 9780635080592
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Publisher
- Gallopade International
- Author
- Carole Marsh
Description
Mimi inherits a gold mine-the Gold Bug! On summer break, Christina and Grant join their mystery book-writing grandmother and cowboy pilot grandfather, Papa, on an adventure to check out the mine and discover a mystery that could mean boom or bust! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Dahlonega Gold Rush (in Georgia) ¥ California Gold Rush ¥ James Marshall ¥ Forty-Niners ¥ Gold fever ¥ Travel methods ¥ Food ¥ Claims and claim jumping ¥ Price of goods ¥ Gold mining (methods, tools, conditions) (especially panning) ¥ Oregon Trail ¥ Characteristics of and legends about gold ¥ Role of Chinese in rush ¥ Levi Strauss/jeans ¥ Outcomes of journey ¥ Yukon Gold Rush (in Alaska) ¥ Role of women and children ¥ Klondike gold ¥ Golden Stairs on the Chilkoot Trail ¥ Travel methods ¥ White Pass ¥ What happens after the gold rush ¥ Fool's Gold ¥ Vocabulary (tarmac, bank, hangar, controllers, taxi, runway) ¥ Float planes ¥ Gold Rush Museum, Dahlonega, GA ¥ Alexander's restaurant, Bellingham, WA ¥ Chinatown - Golden Dragon restaurant - Levi Strauss Company, San Francisco, CA ¥ Space Needle and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Seattle, WA. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.9 Accelerated Reader Points: 2 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 115541 Lexile Measure: 760 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40
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