The California Gold Rush (1848-1855)

THE TASKS: 

Your tasks are as follows: Journey to California, find Gold, get rich, and come back to New Hampshire. Sounds easy, right? Not quite. In order to accomplish all of these things you will have to make good decisions based on information. You will keep a journal about your travels and decisions that you have made. In the end, you will write an editorial to your local newspaper based on your journey. The editorial will be written either to persuade people to come to California or to persuade people to forget the Gold Rush and stay at home.