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Webquest for The Call of the Wild

The Gold Rush

 A brief history of The Klondike Gold Rush. http://www.kokogiak.com/klon/

What They Brought Along

 Compare this list of supplies for women explorers versus male explorers.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gold/what.html

The Era of the Gold Rush

 Study the era of the Gold Rush, History and Discovery.  Be sure to scroll down to these headings.

http://www.nps.gov/klse/Resource_Guide.htm#Era 

Alaska’s Gold

 Examine Daily Life in the Yukon. It contains a photo history. Follow the links to look at daily life. http://www.library.state.ak.us/goldrush/

The Klondike Gold Rush  

  Review the Gold Rush, problems with the trails, and growth of mining towns.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/GoldRush/index.html

Gold Rush Photographs

 Browse through a photo history of miners, trail life, and dogsled teams.  Examine what life may have been like.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/EAHegg/index.html 

The origins of Dogsled Mail

 Study the origins of the dogsled team and their importance in Klondike history.  Follow the links to research the hardships, trails, and equipment needed to run a team. http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/smail/smail31e.html

Starvation and Disease

 The National Postal Museum’s exhibit on the dangers faced in the Yukon.

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/starvation.html 
Webquest for Of Mice and Men
The Great Depression Explore the life of the migrant worker, how people survived the Dust Bowl, and life in the 1930's. http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/comed/HSwebquest/OfMiceAndMen/index.htm
Webquest for    
Shakespeare   http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

http://www.bardweb.net/man.html

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-facts.htm

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/shakespe.htm
     
People’s Daily Lives   http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/pdailylife.html

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Elizabethan_life.htm
     
Food of the Period   http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Food/FoodTable.html

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/19.html

http://www.elizabethi.org/us/food
     
Rulers and History   http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

2.(http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/histevents.html

 ..(http://www.elizabethi.org/uk/europe/

 ..(http://www.renfaire.com/History/
     
Theatre (The Globe)  

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

2. http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/Globe.html

  . http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-globe-theatre.htm

  .(http://www.bardweb.net/globe.html
     
Costume/Dress

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

2. http://www.directcon.net/wander/lizcos.htm

   http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/womensfashion.html

http://costume.dm.net
     
Scottsboro Trial   http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm