Klondike Gold Rush Web Quest Yukon Territory and Alaska

Section 1: Canada’s Yukon and the Klondike gold rush View this video to answer the Questions: http://safeshare.tv/w/ss56687db172704 How many millions of Canadian Dollars’ worth of gold was found in Eldorado creek? By 1911, how much gold was found in the Yukon? How much would that be worth today?

Section 2: The yukon Welcome to Alaska’s gold! “Traveling to the Gold fields” “Which way to the gold? https://education.alaska.gov/temp _lam_pages/library/goldrush/ Read the homepage and then click on the link, “The Discovery of Gold” Why did thousands of people rush to Alaska and the Yukon territory between 1849—1914? Where are Alaska and the Yukon Territory Located? Click on “Traveling to the gold fields” (a link at the bottom of the page.) What were some of the challenges or difficulties that the travelers faced? Click on “Which way to the gold?” (a link at the bottom of the page.) What were some of the ways that people arrived (traveled) in the Yukon territory? Why was it so difficult to get to Alaska or the Yukon territory?

Section 3: Crimes of opportunity https://education.alaska.gov/temp_lam_pages/library/goldrush/STORIES/soapy.htm Gold Rush Stories: “Soapy Smith and other bad guys” What was soapy smith known for? 2. What were some of soapy smith’s ‘Cons’?

Section 4: Soapy smith’s legacy http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soapy-smith-killed-in-skagway-alaska What became (happened to) of soapy smith? How did the people he stole from handle his crime? 2. Why might people have had to “take laws into their own hands”?

Section 5: Soapy smith’s most famous con http://www.leadville.com/history/soapy.htm Describe in detail smith’s famous “sales technique”?

Section 6: Advertisements What kind of products were sold during the Yukon gold rush? Give three persuasive headlines you see in the advertisements. http://www.cobblearning.net/teache rhoots/files/2015/12/klondike- advertisements-2kattly.pdf View these advertisements!!