Keep young readers engaged in learning long after the bell rings with Hands-On History: Tales and Treasures of the California Gold Rush! This treasure trove of reproducible pages includes more than 20 projects, activities, and simulations that build on skills across the curriculum, from art and writing to science and math. In addition to a Readers' Theatre, "Betcha Can'ts" questions and problems, and Related Readings, Hands-On History: Tales and Treasures of the California Gold Rush includes such fun and stimulating activities as Westward Journey Word Match Buying and Selling, Gold Rush Style Miners' Court Wagons to California And many more! 8-1/2" x 11" Three-hole punched 64 pages $9.95 Wagons to California In the Wagons to California board game, students race to the gold fields, encountering many of the hazards that confronted overland travelers in Gold Rush times. They can even brainstorm their own "luck" factors (good and bad), and build them into the game!