The Call of the Wild

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The Call of the Wild

• By
• Mary Moore

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Unit Objectives

• CA 7-6 The student will develop and apply
  reading comprehension skills.

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The Call of the WildConcept Map
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Profile of the Chilkoot Trail
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The Chilkoot Then and Now
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The Call of the WildBackground Information

• Summer 1896, a few flakes of gold are found by
  Robert Henderson in a muddy creek deep in the
  Klondike River valley of northwestern Canada.
• George Carmack , Skookum Jim and Tagish Charley
  find a huge claim on what would be called Bonanza
  Creek (August 16, 1896)

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• Skookum Jim
• Tagish Charley
• George Henderson
• George Carmack

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Chapter Vocabulary Review
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Placer-Mining

• Ground that must be thawed.
• Miners would build a fire that would thaw the
  ground. The thawed ground would then be shoveled
  away and a new fire built to go deeper.

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• The miners continued thawing and digging two feet
  at a time until they reached the hard shale in
  which the gold could be found

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Lets examine the elements of the story
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Literary Concept CONFLICT
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Conflict continued
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Classroom Activities and Resources

• The Rush is on

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Youre Purchasing Your Cache
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Final TestPart 2 Short Answer