Gold Rush Inquiry

The 2/3 class (in teams of two) have decided on the group of people  they will research in order to write and tell a story from that group’s perspective.  Today we started by collaborating with a partner about what we already knew about our group.  Then we started our research by finding information about: how was this group of people was involved in the GoldRush and finding two pieces of evidence to support the idea of cause and effect.  It was a very successful first research session.

As part of our skills building we are learning about perspective.  We read a book about the Gold Rush that told three short stories from different perspectives about the GoldRush.  This warmed up our minds about perspectives of the GoldRush.  We then made a diagram about what these stories had in common and how they were different.  The picture os hard to see but it was a fantastic learning moment.