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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY

a fast system of delivering good or mails

VOCABULARY

trying hard to succeed

EXPRESS:

AMBITIOUS:

ESTABLISH:

VENTURE:

DESTINATION:

to start, create, or begin

a risky new beginning

Let's BROWSE!

the place to which someone or something is supposed to go

What do you think this story has to do with business?

GOOD READERS:

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

- Discovered in Sutter's Mill on Jan. 24, 0848

- Thousands of people came to California

- Wells Fargo & Company (connecting East and West)

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Biography

A real person's life

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Important Information about Life and events

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What other people influenced US or your home country?

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Autobiography

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  • Two men influential in the growth and development of the West
  • Basic rules of business: ______________________________________
  • Delivery and financial empire

Henry Wells and William G. Fargo

by Edward F. Dolan, Jr.

WORD KNOWLEDGE

  • 1. Mail the package as quickly as possible.
  • 2. They would pay dearly for their crimes.
  • 3. Offices in the mining towns would need safes.
  • 4. Kilimanjaro is a very tall mountain located in Africa.

What makes a good business partner?

Why are some people better than others at spotting business opportunities?

ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

  • Familiar with story
  • California, Gold Rush?
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