Living History MUSICAL

As a culminating project for our study of the California Gold Rush, students will create a boomtown and mining camp at CSMH, then participate in a living history day. Our indoor and outdoor classrooms will be converted into a Gold Rush era boomtown called "TBD 2027,", with a mining camp nearby. Costumes will be procured by individuals, with limited items available from Mr. Tubach. Students are assigned Gold Rush era jobs ranging from a milliner to a cooper to a blacksmith to a doctor with real gummy leaches. We will also have a butcher, a baker, and of course a candlestick maker. After thorough research of their assigned occupation, each student will find or make props, create a store front and store sign, and prepare a 2-3 minute dialogue about his/her profession. Parents and students from CSMH will have the opportunity to tour our living history museum and learn about life over 175 years ago. Students will spontaneously perform songs from the musical Gold Dust or Bust, by Bad Wolf Press. The living history museum will run during the school day on MARCH 20 for classes and families