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Really push your pupils! An outstanding resource for high-flyers. BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time. BAFTA winner Melvyn Bragg, Kathleen Burk (Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at UCL), Jacqueline Fear-Segal (Reader in American History and Culture at the UEA), and Frank Cogliano (Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh) discuss all aspects of the California Gold Rush: discovery; coinage; accession of California into the USA; South American gold and silver; the news spreads; journeys to California; Chinese, Hispanic, and Hawaiian miners; effects on native peoples and environment; life and law in California; the fates of miners; Manifest Destiny; slavery; German immigrant farmers; legislative response; the USA’s global economic standing.
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Don’t let your Grade Nine pupils down. A very stimulating, informative and entertaining discussion will really get your top-set thinking. Perfect for more able students. Very easily done at home, very easy to mark. .doc and .pdf of question-sheet and answer sheet.
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