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This Wiki space is for a 4th grade Social Studies unit called //Carolina Gold//. It integrates social studies with information skills and the computer/technology skills curricula.

**Curriculum Framing Questions:**

 * Essential Question:** Is all that glitters gold?


 * Unit questions:** How has the discovery of gold affected people and places?


 * Content questions:**
 * What is gold and why is it valuable?
 * Where was gold first discovered in the U.S.?
 * How did the discovery of gold in North Carolina compare to the gold rush that took place in California and the Klondike ?

|| Charley Jones digital diary || Project reflection checklist || 4th grade bibliography guidelines || || Storyboard directions for digital diary ||
 * **Unit Plan** || **Student Sample** || **Assessments** || **Unit Support** ||
 * Carolina Gold
 * ||  || Research checklist

Web resources: http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/ [|**www.minerals.net/mineral/ elements/gold/gold.htm**]