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Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the Klondike Gold RushSocial Studies · Economics · Grades 6–8Lesson plan

Examine how the discovery of gold in the Canada's remote Klondike region touched off the last great gold rush, creating an economic boom that changed the city of Seattle forever. Objective 1. To list several impacts the Klondike Gold Rush had on Seattle. 2. To examine why people came to Seattle to purchase their supplies and transportation to the gold fields. 3. To evaluate methods used to entice stampeders to outfit in Seattle. 4. To describe some of the difficulties stampeders encountered on their journey from Seattle to the Klondike. 5. To determine the effect of a dramatic event on their o Duration: 90 Minutes.

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