SOC-901 California's Gold Rush: 49ers/Miners

Sutter's Mill
SOC 901 California's Gold Rush: 49ers/Miners is a 100% online course. Learn on your time, where you want, and take up to one year to complete. 
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Become more knowledgeable about California's Gold Rush and the impact it had on California's history. In this online course, you will learn about Native Americans and settlers in the Gold Rush areas. You will gain a deeper understanding of labor-intensive mining and capital-intensive mining in Coloma, Grass Valley, and Nevada City. Through video tours you will visit the James Marshall Gold Discovery Site, The Empire Mine, and the North Star Mine Powerhouse. You will learn about mining, tools of the trade, and hear tales of the job. Through video lesson and oral histories, you will become familiar with many significant historic sites, and ordinary and extraordinary people. Teachers will be able to take the content of this course as well as the engaging practical technological lessons right back to their classrooms.

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This is what people are saying about this course.
  • This course was awesome! I learned new information about the CA Gold Rush and was introduced to several easy to use websites to use in my teaching. The instructor was helpful and quick with his feedback on all assignments. This is a great course to further your education on this topic!​
  • I loved this course - very well organized, manageable work, and relevant to my teaching. --Amanda Y.
  • Very comprehensive and valuable. The text The World Rushed In was excellent. The first-hand interviews and accounts were interesting. --Samuel G.
  • Primary sources such as these are always valued! I really enjoyed the book. I will use it as a resource in the future. -- Patricia K.