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Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the Klondike Gold Rush
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title	Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the Klondike Gold Rush
description	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. The lesson will help students understand how Seattle exemplified the prosperity of the Klondike Gold Rush. It can be used in units on western expansion, late 19th-century commerce, and urban history.
subject	united states history, state history,
type	Lesson plan
level	8, 12, 11, 9, 10, 5, 6, 7,
keywords	Mining, Westward expansion, Canada, Seattle, Washington state, Klondike gold rush,
mediator	Middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, Elementary school teachers,
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