California Gold Rush Readers Theater Script | Grades 3-5

Join Joel and Amanda as they time‑travel to Sutter’s Fort and witness the 1849 Gold Rush, meeting Nisenan tribespeople, miners, and merchants while exploring boomtown life and California statehood.

• Grade bands: 3-5
• Characters: 10
• Word count: 2300

Perfect For

• California State History units
• Reading fluency centers
• Sub‑plans during Gold Rush week

(a single PDF with links to Google Docs/Slides, if print format is preferred you can download from your Google Drive to word/pdf/ppt/etc)

What’s Included

• Student script (~2300 words, 10 scenes, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Teacher guide (~12 pages, DOCX/PDF/Google Doc)
• Student worksheet (20–25 Google Slides)
• Self‑graded Google Forms quiz (20 questions)