Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

The United States has always been a land of opportunity for immigrants. In fact, the overwhelming majority of people here are descendants of immigrants. Ellis Island figures prominently in the minds of many. Millions of Irish and German citizens arrived through its ports during times of hardship in Europe. Citizens from China flooded the Pacific coast looking for opportunities building railroads for the United States. Norka Luque is just the latest in a line of many successful international…

Would you be able to survive in the wild? The Call of the Wild is an adventure fiction story about a dog named Buck who gets taken to the Yukon at the time of the gold rush. Buck changes from a domestic pet to being a wild animal. He has many different owners over the course of the story but eventually he meets the one he loves the most, John Thornton. The theme throughout the story is survival of the fittest. Buck learned how to survive by watching other dogs. Buck first got to the Yukon he…

Hypothesis: Majority of male grizzly bears go fishing early in the morning while the female grizzly bears and their cubs go fishing around the evening. By the evening, most of the male grizzlies bears are all fed up and less likely to be present near the river area. Female grizzlies go looking for food during this time to protect their cubs from aggressive male grizzly bears. Design: First I will randomly pick out 15 photos from 9:00am- 11:00am and pick another set of 15 photos from 4:00pm-…

A man and his big native husky named Pepper are passing through Klondike Yukon.The man and the dog are traveling in the Yukon to get back to camp. On the way there the man builds a fire every few feet they travel back to camp. The man faces a few obstacles but he still manages to try and make his way back to camp.Jack London created a story called ‘’To Built a Fire’’ he made the story about a man and his husky passing through the Yukon to get back to camp.The setting in to build a fire has an…

named Buck. The book is about the 1890’s Klondike Gold Rush, when sled dogs were in high demand. The author of the book is Jack London, the publisher is Macmillan Publishers. The book is important because it shows how life was in the old day. How dogs had to fight for their lives. Also how people would use dogs as transportation. The novel The Call of the Wild takes place in the Yukon territory, which is between Alaska and Canada. The Klondike gold diggers kidnapped dogs and used them as…

1. Buck: spoiled/stolen/learns quickly/smart/fast/strong/leader/the wild calls him/loves john thorton/ after John Thorton was killed he wnet into the wild/joined a wolf pack 2. John Thornton/saved Buck from Hal because Hal was beating him/ Bucks last owner/loved Buck and Buck loved him/ Had a connection with Buck/ noticed something more wild about Buck/ killed by the Yeehats 3. François: Sled leader/likes Buck/ worked for canadian government/ partners with Perrault/sold Buck and the team to a…

Many consider nature the victim of mankind. Clearing rainforests, overfishing waters, and stripping the soil, people constantly exploit natural resources for personal benefit. Humanity destroys innocent nature for corrupt and selfish purposes. However, it is mistaken to only label mankind as predatory—nature preys ruthlessly upon mankind. Nature renders people powerless through natural disasters, violent weather, and extreme temperature. People are the true victims and nature the real villain.…

movie called Where The Red Fern Grows. The book was made in 1961, the movie was made in 1964. In the book a boy saves up money to get his dogs, he trains them, and goes to a contest. He wins the contest and brings home two cups one silver the other gold. He and his dogs get into a fight with a mountain lion the mountain lion died and so did the dogs. In the book it started off with Billy coming home from work and he takes in a dog. In both the movie and the book billy started saving up money…

survival everyday of it. The Call of the Wild by Jack London. In the fictional story The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, Buck is a normal dog living a laid back life with his master Judge Miller when a greedy gardner kidnaps him and sells him to a gold miner in the Yukon as a sled dog. Bucks only hope for survival is to have faith in his masters and embrace the call of the wild. Struggle for mastery - The theme of struggle for mastery is heavily used in the story the Call of the Wild. When…

The death and way of life of the iceman is still a mystery to us historian, but we have a few possible theory's of "where he was going?", "where he was coming from?", "how he died?", "why he was in the alps along the Austro-Italian border?". The iceman was going to go fight a war between two societies, including his own, fighting for land. Neither society knew the other existed until they ventured out beyond the village borders. The iceman was living in a house made of wooden logs, mud, sticks,…