Explore the stories of the Transcontinental Railroad’s Chinese
workers through videos from the California Museum’s signature
exhibit “Gold Mountain: Chinese
Californian Stories” and a virtual tour of the
California State Archives’ online exhibit “Making
the Grade: California and the Transcontinental
Railroad.”
Available both as a printable PDF and as a shareable
Google Classroom assignment, this activity combining
first-hand accounts and primary sources is aligned with 4th
through 8th grade Common Core and State Content standards as
detailed on the overview of the worksheet.
To download a PDF of the worksheet, right-click on the first
links below and select “Save link as…” to save to your computer
or mobile device. To access the Google Classroom lesson, click
the link below or log into your Google Classroom account and add
class number iltpzde.
